Head of Jewish Greens says she may leave party over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote

Vivien Lichtenstein said she would talk with colleagues before deciding whether to leave the Green party. Photograph: Green Party

The head of the Jewish Greens has said she may leave the party after it voted to adopt a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state.

Vivien Lichtenstein said that while opinion among Jewish members of the party was split on the motion passed at its annual conference in Brighton on Sunday, she said she believed it was unhelpful and it was “possible” she might quit.