Green Splits Erupt As Former Leaders Condemn 'Zionism Is Racism' Motion

Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsey spoke out as the party’s conference prepares for a crunch vote.

Deep splits in the Greens over the party’s approach to the Middle East have burst into the motion after two former leaders hit out at calls for Zionism to be classed as racism.

Delegates at the party’s annual conference in Brighton will debate and vote on a motion on the subject on Sunday.

Zionism is a belief that Jewish people should have their own state, although the precise definition has long been open to debate.

Critics say it risks sending out a message that Jews are not welcome in the Greens.

Ahead of the conference vote, former Green co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay both issued statements saying they would be voting against it.

Denyer, the MP for Bristol Central, said: “I........

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