Green Party members vote to declare Zionism a form of racism

The Green Party of England and Wales voted on Sunday at its Brighton conference on whether to call Zionism a form of racism. If passed, the Greens would be the first major UK party to make this their official position. The motion was written by Lubna Speitan, a British-Palestinian party member. Party leader Zack Polanski said he would support it if Zionism was defined as the actions of Israel's current government. Holocaust survivor and activist Stephen Kapos publicly backed the motion. Israel's embassy in the UK called it "hostile and intellectually bankrupt." The vote took place while Polanski was also campaigning in a by-election in Holborn and St Pancras, London.