Board of Deputies passes motion declaring Green Party a 'racist party'
"By adopting an antisemitic platform, the Green Party of England and Wales has become a racist party. We will treat it accordingly," said the Board of Deputies president.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has voted to declare the UK Green Party a racist organization. The resolution, passed during their October plenary meeting, criticizes the Green Party for adopting a policy that labels Zionism as racist and therefore antisemitic. Board President Phil Rosenberg stated that the party's stance renders it a racist entity.
He emphasized that no political party has the right to tell Jewish people that a central aspect of their identity, spanning millennia, is racist. The Board expects the Greens to reverse their policy and address the antisemitism it has endorsed. The organization also acknowledges the Jewish members within the party who opposed the motion.
Ashley Hirst, the motion proposer, expressed pride in British Jews' clear stance against a party that labels their central identity as racist. The Board will now treat the Green Party as it has treated other racist parties, and will continue to challenge antisemitism in political and public life.
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