Have the Greens just voted for a de facto ban on Jews?
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Have the Greens just voted for a de facto ban on Jews?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202642 min
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The Greens have become the first UK political party to call for a one state solution in Israel - and passed a motion asserting that "Zionism is fundamentally incompatible with anti racist principles, equality and justice". The conference in Brighton voted to "support the establishment of a single democratic Palestinian state" - but rejected an amendment which would have clarified that the motion would "not be used to pressure, proscribe or discipline members based on affiliation with Jewish community institutions, such as synagogues... that describe themselves as Zionist". Why have they gone further than Palestinian leaders? Are...

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I'm deeply saddened that this motion has passed.

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This is a global production. I'm deeply saddened that this motion has passed. It doesn't reflect my view and I don't think it reflects long-standing green principles either. We've always supported a right to self-determination

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and the manifesto in which I was elected in 2024 made clear that Israelis and Palestinians should have equal rights. That is Adrian Ramsey, the former leader of the Green Party, expressing his disappointment that the party has adopted a Zionism is racism policy, which calls for a single Palestinian state, the end of the state of Israel,

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and for Jews in the Green Party, well, what? Those who voted for it will tell you this is about ideology, not religion. But have the Greens essentially just voted for de facto ban on Jews? Welcome to the news agents.

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