Transcript [00:00] The Green Party has voted to define [00:03] Zionism as racism. I'm here in Brighton [00:06] where on Sunday the Greens voted by 1,26 [00:09] votes to 648 to define Jewish [00:11] self-determination as a form of racism, [00:14] becoming the first mainstream political [00:16] party to do so. A Jewish safeguarding [00:18] amendment intended to protect members of [00:20] the party from being targeted for [00:22] belonging to Zionist synagogues that [00:24] failed, leaving some fearing for their [00:26] religious freedom in the party. Some [00:28] Jewish members left the vote in tears, [00:30] telling me that they might have to leave [00:31] the party. Green MPs spoke out against [00:34] the motion and Ellie Challenge warned [00:36] that it risked alienating Jewish [00:38] communities and former leader Caroline [00:40] Lucas opposed it, saying that Zionism [00:42] means different things to different [00:43] people. But that wasn't enough. Zach [00:45] Palansky took no position and didn't [00:47] even vote on the motion. Now, outside [00:49] the hall after the vote, activists [00:51] chanted, "Zionists are not welcome [00:53] here." Party officials told me that the [00:55] motion concerns external policy, not [00:57] disciplinary processes, and won't affect [01:00] members rights. But Jewish Greens I've [01:02] spoken to, they feel betrayed. The [01:04] question now is, what will this mean for [01:07] their place in the party?
🟢 Greens pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, leaving Jewish members shocked and in tears over ‘betrayal’
The Green Party of England and Wales has now become the first political party to define Zionism as a form of racism.
Our Investigations and Political Correspondent, Jane Prinsley, was at the conference on Sunday when the motion passed - she explains what happened.
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