Scottish Green co-leader calls Zionism racist after party vote

Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer called Zionism racist after the England and Wales Green Party adopted a motion equating the ideology with racism.

• The England and Wales Green Party conference passed a motion defining Zionism as racist and backing a single democratic Palestinian state in historic Palestine.
• Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer, asked if Zionism is racism, answered yes and called the creation of Israel an act of racism.
• Israel's foreign ministry denounced the motion and barred Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering the country.
• British Jewish groups called the motion an attack on the Jewish community, and the European Green Party sought to distance itself from the vote.
• The Green Party conference adopted the motion as binding policy despite opposition from four of its five MPs.
• The European Green Party demanded clarification from the UK party's leadership and reaffirmed its support for a two-state solution.
• The Guardian editorial noted the motion won by a narrow margin despite being adopted as binding party policy.