{"id":623076,"date":"2026-09-21T17:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/623076\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:54:12","slug":"green-party-conference-zack-polanskis-party-to-vote-to-reject-israels-right-to-exist-and-back-palestinian-armed-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/623076\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Party Conference: Zack Polanski’s party to vote to reject Israel’s right to exist and back Palestinian armed struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Party members have been told they will get to vote on a motion to formally reject Israel’s right to exist as a state and back \u201carmed\u201d Palestinian resistance.<\/p>\n

Activists from the Greens for Palestine sub-group have tabled a motion to put pressure on Zack Polanski to declare Zionism is racism in party policy. <\/p>\n

Mr Polanski, who is himself Jewish, recently admitted he had changed his position on Zionism after previously advocating for Israel’s right to exist.<\/p>\n

However, pressure from the grassroots has left Mr Polanski facing a challenge ahead of his crunch by-election in Holborn & St Pancras on October 8. <\/p>\n

A leaflet about the Zionism motion, which was leaked to The Times, revealed members will get to vote on removing Palestine Action from the list of proscribed terror groups. <\/p>\n

Lubna Speitan, the author of the motion, wrote: \u201cWe must bring an end to this racism and the monstrous state that has been built upon it. <\/p>\n

“Beyond Palestine and our region, this is a threat to peace and freedom everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are heartened to report that our motion has been received with overwhelming support. <\/p>\n

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Zack Polanski had requested the Green Party postpone its annual conference to give him time to focus on campaigning in Holborn & St Pancras<\/p>\n

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She added: \u201cIn pursuit of the right to self-determination, the Palestinian people\u2019s use of force to resist foreign oppression and to complete the establishment of an independent State is an inalienable right well founded in international law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Palestinian people have for decades been subject to relentless Israeli coercive actions seeking to prevent them from exercising their right to self-determination. <\/p>\n

“In turn, their resort to the use of force \u2014 in accordance with the norms set by international humanitarian law \u2014 is lawful, and the motion simply recognises that fact.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Green Party has faced allegations of antisemitism ever since Mr Polanski replaced Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay as leader in September 2025. <\/p>\n

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The document does not mention Hamas or October 7<\/p>\n

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Mr Polanski, who has not spoken publicly about the motion, argued earlier this year that the Green Party is cracking down on antisemitism. <\/p>\n

\u201cAntisemitism is completely unwelcome in the Green Party, as it is in society,” he said. <\/p>\n

However, a number of Green Party candidates were accused of making antisemitic statements ahead of the 2026 Local Elections. <\/p>\n

One allegedly called for “every single Zionist” to be killed, while another claimed Hamas’s October 7 attack was just Palestinians trying to “defend themselves”. <\/p>\n

\"ZackGreen Party leader Zack Polanski’s personal approval ratings and popularity have fallen sharply after a series of high-profile controversies | PA<\/p>\n

Hamas terrorists murdered more than 1,200 people and took a further 251 hostages in the 2023 attack. <\/p>\n

Greens for Palestine, the internal pressure group pushing for the controversial motion, failed to mention “Hamas” or “October 7” in its seven-page motion or its 46-page information booklet. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the group references “Israel” 77 times and mentions “Jews” or “Jewish” on 86 occasions. <\/p>\n

The Green Party conference will be held in Brighton between October 2 and October 4. <\/p>\n

\"Pro-PalestinePro-Palestine protests have taken place since Hamas’ attack against Israel on October 7 | PA<\/p>\n

Mr Polanski had allegedly tried to delay the event while campaigning to become the MP for Holborn & St Pancras on October 8.<\/p>\n

However, the Green Party leader had his request refused by the ruling executive committee. <\/p>\n

Mr Polanski, who received just 728 votes when he stood in Westminster in 2019, is considered Labour’s main threat in Sir Keir Starmer’s former seat. <\/p>\n

But a series of blunders risk the Greens slumping further behind Andy Burnham’s Labour.<\/p>\n

Despite defeating Labour in the Gorton & Denton by-election in February, the Greens now find themselves down to just nine per cent in More in Common’s most recent poll. <\/p>\n

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Zack Polanski will stand as the Green Party’s candidate in Holborn & St Pancras<\/p>\n

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A Green Party spokesman said: \u201cUnlike other political parties, our members can bring and set policy. <\/p>\n

“This is one motion alongside dozens of others that will be discussed at what will be our biggest ever party conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreens do already, however, recognise the Palestinians\u2019 right to resist the ongoing occupation by means compatible with international humanitarian law (IHL). <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s important to note that some actions taken in the name of resistance, including indiscriminate rocket attacks, do not comply with IHL and Greens condemn such actions unequivocally.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Green Party members have been told they will get to vote on a motion to formally reject Israel’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[73331,85,46,43,238],"class_list":["post-623076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-green-party","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}