Israel bars Green Party leader Polanski after party equates Zionism with racism
October 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM · Updated 11d ago
13 reports · 6 in Arabic, 7 in English · over 18 hours
Green party of England and Wales facing international ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
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Zack Polanski may regret not using his influence when Greens needed him to act
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"الصهيونية عنصرية".. كيف قرأت الصحافة الإسرائيلية قرار الخضر البريطاني؟
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Tensions exposed among Greens by 'Zionism is racism' conference vote
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مركز سلام لدراسات التطرف التابع لدار الإفتاء يرحب بقرار حزب الخضر البريطاني اعتبار الصهيونية أيديولوجية عنصرية
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Before UK Greens, who else has equated Zionism with racism?
(opens the publisher’s site)حزب الخضر البريطاني.. من حركة بيئية إلى قوة سياسية وموقف مناهض للصهيونية
(opens the publisher’s site)لماذا أغضب حزب الخضر البريطاني إسرائيل؟
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Jewish Greens chair says she could leave party over 'Zionism is racism' motion
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"الصهيونية عنصرية".. حزب بريطاني يقر سياسة تدعو لاستبدال إسرائيل بفلسطين
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بعد تصنيف "الصهيونية عنصرية".. إسرائيل تحظر دخول بولانسكي
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Head of Jewish Greens says she may leave party over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
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Britain’s Green Party votes to class Zionism as a form of racism
(opens the publisher’s site)Israel's foreign ministry has barred Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering the country after his party voted to equate Zionism with racism.
- Green members at the Brighton conference approved the motion 1,022 to 813, declaring Zionism a form of racism and calling for a single Palestinian state.
- The foreign ministry said Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar took the ban decision, describing the motion as clear antisemitic text.
- Jewish Greens head Vivien Lichtenstein said she might leave the party over the vote, calling the motion unhelpful.
- Four of the party's five MPs opposed the motion, which some members said could face a challenge under equality laws.
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog called the Green Party's decision a 'disgrace.'
- Israel's foreign ministry accused the party of legitimizing 'terrorism' through the motion.
- Egypt's Dar al-Ifta-affiliated Sallam Center welcomed the decision and urged expanded boycotts and international pressure.
- Green Party leader Zack Polanski declined to attend the vote and did not condemn the decision, according to Israeli press reports.
- The motion also reiterated the party's call for an arms embargo on Israel.
- The European Green Party said the motion contradicts its two-state solution stance and demanded clarity from GPEW leadership.
- German Greens co-leader Felix Banaszak condemned the Green Party's motion as 'intolerable and unacceptable'.
- The motion was supported by only 0.4% of Green Party members, according to party figures.