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Green Party members back 'Zionism is racism' motion - bbc.com

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Green Party members in England and Wales have voted to pass a motion defining Zionism as a form of racism and calling for a single democratic Palestinian state. The decision has sparked significant backlash from Jewish advocacy groups and led to the Israeli foreign ministry banning party leader Zack Polanski from entering the country.

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The vote highlights deep internal divisions within the Green Party and underscores the intensifying political friction in the UK regarding the definition of Zionism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Share Save Add as preferred on Google Kate Whannel Political reporter, Green Party Conference, Brighton Getty Images Israel's foreign ministry says it has banned Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering the country, after party members adopted a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism.

Israel's foreign ministry described the motion as a "clear antisemitic text" and beyond "the boundaries of legitimate political debate".

Polanski did not take part in the vote on Sunday. The motion, which has divided senior party figures, defines Zionism as an ideology supporting "an ethnonationalist Jewish state" and backs a "single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine".

It has been criticised by some Jewish groups, who called the motion an "attack on the Jewish community".

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