Green party votes Zionism incompatible with anti-racism

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 21:07 · Archive

The Green party of England and Wales has voted that Zionism is 'fundamentally incompatible with anti-racist principles'.

The Green party of England and Wales voted last weekend for a motion declaring Zionism 'fundamentally incompatible with anti-racist principles, equality and justice'. The motion states that this incompatibility stems from Zionism being based on 'European settler-colonial systems of domination and oppression'.

Zionism encompasses diverse historical, political and intellectual strands. It originated as religious yearning in Jewish tradition before becoming a modern political movement driven by the need for a safe haven from persecution, leading to the establishment of Israel in 1948. The belief has since been understood through different lenses, evolving across left and right political spectrums and ranging from moderate to extreme expressions.

The Guardian reports that the debate has left Green party leader Zack Polanski looking like 'a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top' rather than demonstrating real leadership on the contentious issue.

How it is being reported

• The week in whoppers: Mamdani inverts reality to push a government takeover, Newsom puts words in Trump’s mouth and moreMayor Zohran Mamdani provided his own curious definition of socialism — that involves the government having to do everything.New York Post · 8 Oct, 20:49
• Zack Polanski had the chance to show real leadership. He blew it | Rafael BehrA toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top When Donald Trump calls someone a socialist he is not using the word in the same way that, say, Zohran Mamdani does. The mayor of New York espouses democratic socialism as a mission of equitable distribution of wealth and opportunity. The US president says socialism only pretends to be democratic “because it sounds so nice”; that “it’s really communism you’re talking about” and that people such as Mamdani pose “the biggest threat to our nation … since its founding”.…The Guardian · 7 Oct, 05:00

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