The group said its partnership with the Greens on East Suffolk Council "should not be taken as an endorsement" of the motion, which has left Zack Polanski's local representatives facing an internal crisis.

Lib Dem plan to meet this weekend to discuss the impact of the vote, while Tory opponents say they do not intend to allow the Greens to try to dismiss the motion as a "national issue".

Caroline Topping, who leads the Green, Liberal Democrat and Independent alliance at East Suffolk, has been tight-lipped about her position on the motion since it passed on Sunday.

Leader of East Suffolk Council, Caroline Topping (Image: Supplied)

She stepped down as the Green candidate for the 2028 Norfolk and Suffolk mayoral election on Tuesday, but has insisted this was decided before the vote was passed.

Zionism is the belief in a Jewish homeland and the vote provoked widespread outrage and accusations that it fuels antisemitism.

It has also exposed deep divisions within Greens.

In Norfolk, the vast majority of the........

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