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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn and Peter Walker

Tension and dissent: inside the Green party’s antisemitism struggle

Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party.
Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green party, has said political weaponisation of antisemitism is not the way to address the issue. Photograph: James Manning/PA

A Green party member for more than 30 years, Elise Benjamin admits to bittersweet feelings even as fellow activists anticipate a historic breakthrough in next week’s elections.

Benjamin was involved in drawing up the party’s guidance on antisemitism, which she describes as comprehensive. But the former Green councillor in Oxford now wonders whether further guidance is needed: “Now that we have such a large membership, I think there needs to be an urgent review of how to make our complaints process fit for purpose.”

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