{
  "id": 14477377,
  "title": "Burnham condemns 'Zionism is racism' motion and rules out coalition with Greens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/burnham-condemns-zionism-is-racism-motion-and-rules-out-coalition-14477377",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T15:03:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/burnham-condemns-zionism-racism-motion-antisemitic-and-rules-out-coalition-greens"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has firmly denounced the Green Party's motion declaring Zionism as a form of racism, describing it as \"antisemitic\" and refusing to consider a coalition with the Greens. In a statement at the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session, Burnham declared that his party \"will have nothing to do with it.\" Conservative MP Harriett Baldwin called on Burnham to rule out any cooperation with the Greens over the issue. The Green Party's motion, approved at their recent annual conference, declares Zionism a form of racism and supports a single democratic Palestinian state with equal rights for all groups. This marks the first major UK political party to adopt such a stance. The Israeli government immediately banned Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, from entering Israel, accusing the Greens of antisemitism. The United States also made \"representations\" to the British government regarding the issue, potentially amounting to antisemitism. Labour MPs have reported the party to the police over the matter, and pro-Israel advocates have targeted Green Party members. Despite calls for an amendment to the motion, it was defeated, and Green MPs have criticized it, with Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos endorsing the rejection of Zionism as an ideology and practice.",
  "summary": "Burnham condemns 'Zionism is racism' motion and rules out coalition with Greens Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 15:00 'It is wrong, it is antisemitic, and this side of the house will have nothing to do with it', the prime minister declared Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street in central London to take part in the weekly session of 'Prime Minister's Questions'…",
  "key_points": [
    "Burnham denounces Green Party's Zionism as racism motion as antisemitic.",
    "Conservative MP calls for coalition ruling out with Greens.",
    "Israeli government bans Green Party leader from entering Israel."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/14477377.png",
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Burnham condemns 'Zionism is racism' motion and rules out coalition with Greens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/burnham-condemns-zionism-is-racism-motion-and-rules-out-coalition",
        "published": "2026-10-14T15:23:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Burnham rules out coalition with Greens after 'Zionism is racism' motion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/burnham-rules-out-coalition-with-greens-after-zionism-is-racism-motion",
        "published": "2026-10-14T16:37:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "UK PM rules out deal with Greens over 'antisemitic' anti-Zionist policy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/uk-pm-rules-out-deal-with-greens-over-antisemitic-anti-zionist-policy",
        "published": "2026-10-14T17:00:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Green Party coalition ruled out by UK PM Burnham following antisemitic 'Zionism is racism' motion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/green-party-coalition-ruled-out-by-uk-pm-burnham-following",
        "published": "2026-10-14T18:52:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}