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I won't accept exclusion within Green Party, says Polanski after criticism of Zionism motion
Members backed the motion by 1,022 votes to 813, deepening party divisions and prompting criticism from Jewish groups and Labour MPs.
- On Sunday, the Green Party of England and Wales adopted a motion labeling Zionism as racism, passing with 1,022 votes to 813 and calling for a single democratic Palestinian state across historic Palestine.
- Following the vote, Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar barred Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering Israel, citing the IHRA definition and alleging the resolution constitutes a 'clear antisemitic text.'
- Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis condemned the motion as 'poisonous antisemitism,' while four of the party's five MPs, including Adrian Ramsay, publicly rejected the policy; Polanski insisted he would not accept exclusion based on religious affiliation.
- Nine Labour MPs referred the Green Party to Sussex Police to investigate alleged 'possible antisemitic offences,' while the European Green Party stated it wanted to 'unequivocally distance' itself from the resolution.
- Polanski faces these challenges while campaigning for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on Thursday, October 8, as the controversy exposes divisions between the party's grassroots membership and its parliamentary wing.
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'Zionism is racism' vote sparks walkouts, condemnations from within Green Party
While the motion passed 1,022 to 813, this represents only a tiny proportion of the Green Party's overall membership. With 230,000 members, the vote represented less than 1% of the party.
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