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Green Party members vote to define Zionism as racism and back single Palestinian state

The policy passed at the Brighton conference despite internal opposition from MPs and warnings of legal risk.

Updated Oct 11, 2026 · 22:23 UTC15 reports

The short version

Members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted 1,022 to 813 to adopt a policy defining Zionism as racism and backing a single democratic Palestinian state.[BBC News · The Guardian]
Senior figures were divided over the decision, with Green Party leader Zack Polanski supporting the premise while MPs including Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay, and Ellie Chowns opposed it.[BBC News · The Guardian]
Israel's Foreign Ministry condemned the vote as exceeding legitimate political debate, while a legal expert warned the measure risks breaching the Equality Act 2010.[BBC News · The Guardian]

Green Party members adopted a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism by 1,022 votes to 813 at the party's conference in Brighton.[BBC News · The Guardian]
The adopted motion calls for a single democratic Palestinian state in place of Israel.[BBC News · The Guardian]
Green Party leader Zack Polanski stated that he believes Zionism, as defined in the motion, is racism.[BBC News · The Guardian]
Three Green Party MPs, Ellie Chowns, Adrian Ramsay, and Carla Denyer, publicly opposed the motion.[BBC News]
Israel's Foreign Ministry stated that the motion went beyond the boundaries of legitimate political debate and called it a stain on the history of the United Kingdom.[BBC News]

Barrister Adam Wagner assessed there is a strong risk that the motion contravenes the Equality Act 2010 by discriminating against and harassing people holding Zionist beliefs and Jewish people more broadly.[The Guardian]

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