Greens adopt policy treating Zionism as racism

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The Greens have formally adopted a policy which equates Zionism with racism, a move that will dismay the bulk of the party’s MPs and has alarmed some Jewish members.

In a vote on Sunday at the party’s annual conference in Brighton about whether to back a motion which calls for Zionism, the movement for a Jewish state, to be “treated as any other form of racism”, it passed by 1,022 votes to 813.

The motion, which is now formal policy for the Greens in England and Wales, also calls for a single Palestinian state in place of Israel “with equal rights for all”.

Four of the party’s five MPs have condemned the motion, as did Caroline Lucas, the former leader who was the Greens’ first MP.

Adrian Ramsay, who co-led the Greens before Polanski, said in a statement he would vote against it, as it set out what sort of Palestinian state should exist without taking into account the self-determination of Israelis and Palestinians.

Siân Berry, another of the MPs, made the same point.

Carla Denyer, the Bristol Central MP who was co-leader with Ramsay, said the wording “risks alienating a significant proportion of Jewish people, including those who vehemently disagree with the Israeli government”.

Another Green MP, Ellie Chowns, said the motion “risks fuelling division, and risks undermining the party’s ability to advocate effectively for justice and peace”.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/04/green-party-votes-adopt-policy-zionism-racism

I think no matter what Greens say after this statement there is absolutely nothing they can say to make it look like they are not raging antisemites. I'm just wondering how long before they will start saying openly that Jewish nation has no rights to exist.

I'm so fucking sick, still reeling. Nothing Reform has ever said or done sickened me to this extent, and I absolutely hate Reform.

And also they don't want to alienate the Muslim vote. Being pro-Gaza and anti-Israel is a core value for most Muslims as well as for the hard left.

If Labour were to robustly criticise the Greens on this, they would be seen as being pro-Zionist themselves. And they don't want that.

Unfortunately, it's already happened. They have declared that Israel has no right to exist . It's in the motion.

Maybe I did not word it right but I meant the next step would to say they want to wipe out the entire Jewish nation. Like, not only the ones living in Israel.

Even typing this gives me shudders.

I would not vote Labour ever again if they would not condemn this shit. And I have been Labour supporter all my life.

I'm not sure if the Greens are raging antisemites. I just think they're in bed with Islam and so they've adopted the same values.

They are incredibly naive and I hope their Islamo-Left alliance falls apart very soon. So that real Greens can go back to talking about nature and the environment instead of fixating on a complicated conflict thousands of miles away.

Yep, instead of doing the right thing they're just going to try and be a bit more performative and wink-nudge about their antisemitism so they can keep the antisemites on side

Bridget Phillipson is the Chair of the Labour Party and her statement was absolutely scathing. It's entirely incorrect to say that Labour haven't responded robustly to this.

"Bridget Phillipson MP, Chair of the Labour Party, and Minister for Women and Equalities said: “It is shameful to vote against a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and to condemn the vast majority of British Jews and Jews around the world as racist for supporting Israel’s right to exist. It is fundamentally wrong and the leadership of the Green Party must make clear that this will not be their position moving forwards.
“The Labour Party has always been clear that criticism of the policies of the Israeli Government is not antisemitic, and the Labour government has condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank. But today’s vote at the Green Party Conference crosses a line and should be condemned across the political spectrum.
“This vote underlines how important it was that we changed the Labour Party from top to bottom and ripped out the scourge of antisemitism from within the party.
“The Labour Party and the Labour Government will continue working every day to ensure our Jewish communities are safe, feel safe and have their rights upheld, as well as making sure we rid our society of antisemitism once and for all.

They have realised that a certain cultural audience is bigger than the envrionmental audience.

They have no morals!

I hadn't seen that, thanks for posting it. It's a good statement.

There is a shul in Aberdeen with a dwindling congregation.

I dont think this is naivety or simply them adopting Islamist views. They have deliberately courted the worst kind of Islam, and the main reason they are in bed with them is because of shared antisemitism and anti west rethoric. I have no idea why radical left is always ends up in this position but ths the same for all of them - look at Jezza or even at Gretha (who is similar to Greens in a way that she somehow moved from environmental issues to Israel-hating in one smooth move).

After feeling very tearful all day, I just wanted to say thank you to @everyone of the posters here who has taken the time to post and share outrage and disgust. I can only speak for myself but as a Jewish MN'er, this thread is like a healing salve that is so very needed right now. Thank you💐

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I agree. It's not naivety, it's design..

That’s a very good point.

Thanks fuck for that.

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They’re not really the Green Party anymore though are they? They’re just using the name.

The Green party membership has swelled from 68,000 people to over 250000 is a year. I doubt over 100000 people have suddenly discovered climate change. Most of the current membership of the Green Party have joined because of Gaza. Polanski has actively courted the Gaza vote and people expelled from Labour for antisemitism. The original Greens, yes, naive and useful idiots. The majority of the current Greens are probably anti Semitic.

Yep.

It never ever ever ceases to amaze me how utterly blind people can be in the face of Islamism.

Far right politics are a threat, they have always been a threat. But you (regardless of your race or nationality) are FAR more likely to die in an act of jihadist terror here, than in a far right attack. By a magnitude of 9 or 10 I believe.

So reading about how people are ‘terrified of the far right’ but hand wave away this inconvenient fact as ‘racism’ is mind boggling.

Islamism should have no influence in British politics. I don’t want any religion to influence our laws but Islamic countries are the worst for human rights abuses, misogyny, executions and blasphemy laws.

How can you be ‘green’ yet want to increase the population of one of the most nature depleted countries in the world via immigration? They’re piss takers. We see them.

We are with you ❤️ we may not be the ones shouting like lunatics in the street and waving flags like mad people, but we are here. We are with you.

The European Green Party have asked our Green Party wtaf is going on.

This.

@AlwaysRoomForGin x