Board of Deputies of British Jews declares Greens to be racist party
The Jewish body's vote comes in response to the Green Party passing a "Zionism is racism" policy motion.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has declared the Green Party of England and Wales to be a racist organisation following a policy motion passed at the party's conference. This decision came after the Greens adopted a platform which labelled Zionism as an ideology promoting an ethnonationalist Jewish state over non-Jewish populations.
Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg stated that the party's adoption of an antisemitic platform has effectively made it a racist party, and warned that other parties should not do deals with the Greens unless they reject the policy. Despite criticism from Jewish groups and opposition parties, the Green Party's leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, has decided not to overturn the motion that will remain as party policy until 2028.
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