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Green leader Polanski vows to stay on amid calls to resign over Zionism policy
October 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Green Party leader Zack Polanski has vowed to stay on after his party adopted a policy equating Zionism with racism, facing calls from senior members to resign.
- The party's conference passed a motion defining Zionism as racism and backing a single Palestinian state in place of Israel.
- Jewish Greens leader Vivien Lichtenstein said Polanski should resign, calling his absence from the vote "a big mistake."
- Former leader Caroline Lucas said Polanski "should have been there and he should have voted," describing the motion as dangerous.
- Polanski, who finished second to Labour in Thursday's Holborn and St Pancras byelection, said he would "absolutely" remain leader.