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John Swinney admonishes English and Welsh Greens over 'Zionism is racism' vote

First Minister John Swinney (Image: Robert Perry)

FIRST Minister John Swinney has spoken against the Green Party of England and Wales’ decision to define Zionism as racism, saying it was not the party's place to do so.

At the Green conference on Sunday, members backed a motion to declare the party “anti-Zionist” and set a policy that Zionism – the movement to develop and protect a Jewish state in Israel – will be “treated as any other form of racism”.

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