{
  "id": 16508583,
  "title": "Board of Deputies passes motion declaring Green Party a 'racist party'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/board-of-deputies-passes-motion-declaring-green-party-a-racist-party",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T18:52:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-912829"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "The Board of Deputies of British Jews has declared the Green Party of England and Wales a racist organisation. According to BBC News, the decision followed a policy motion passed at the Green Party conference stating that \"Zionism is racism.\" Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg stated that the party became a racist party by adopting an antisemitic platform, a position supported by a vote of 118 to one.\n\nA spokesman for the Green Party rejected the Board of Deputies' characterisation of the party and the motion, insisting the party does not discriminate against people with Zionist views. The Greens stated the decision will not prevent them from pushing for stronger sanctions against the Israeli government and speaking out against the genocide in Gaza.\n\nThe Board of Deputies urged other political parties not to form deals with the Greens unless the party rejects the policy, arguing that coalition deals would fail to take antisemitism seriously unless local leadership commits to overturning the motion. BBC News reports that the Labour Party has already issued an ultimatum to local Green groups currently in coalition with it, telling them to disown the motion.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Board of Deputies of British Jews declares Greens to be racist party",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/board-of-deputies-of-british-jews-declares-greens-to-be-racist-party",
        "published": "2026-10-25T18:05:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}