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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Greens urge Zack Polanski to take stance on proposed policy declaring ‘Zionism is racism’

Zack Polanski
A senior member of the Green party said the proposal put Polanski ‘in a difficult position’. Photograph: Aldo Ciarrocchi/Alamy

The Greens are pushing Zack Polanski to take a stance on a potential party policy stating “Zionism is racism”, with some fearing it could alienate Jewish supporters if it was passed.

Polanski, who leads the Greens in England and Wales, has not spoken publicly about the motion, which came top of a members’ vote of policy motions to be debated at the party conference in Brighton at the start of October, and is thus almost certain to feature.

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