The Equality and Human Rights Commission has asked the Greens for more information after members passed a motion describing Zionism as racism. The party says it will not discriminate against Zionists and remains committed to tackling antisemitism.
01Summary
- 01The EHRC said it had written to the Green Party of England and Wales after complaints about the motion passed at conference earlier this month.
- 02The motion described Zionism as supporting “an ethnonationalist Jewish state in historic Palestine to the exclusion and/or domination of the non-Jewish population”.
- 03Dozens of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs, Jewish campaigners, the Campaign Against Antisemitism, four of the five Green MPs and two former Green leaders criticised the motion.
- 04The Greens told the EHRC they would not exclude people for holding Zionist views and said the motion has no impact on membership conditions or disciplinary processes.
- 05The watchdog said it would assess the extra information and take action where appropriate, with compliance likely to depend on the motion’s practical effects.
02Why it matters
The row has put the Greens under scrutiny over whether the motion could affect Jewish members or breach equality law. It also adds pressure on leader Zack Polanski after a by-election defeat and could affect local council deals with Labour.
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