Israeli Minister Brands UK Green Party ‘Racist and Hateful’

A Green party motion that calls for Zionism to be treated as a form of racism has provoked ire from a senior Israeli official.

At the party’s spring conference next month, members will vote on [a motion][1] seeking to recognise Zionism as an ethnonationalist political ideology.

In response, Israeli deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel told the Daily Mail the Greens are a “racist and hateful political party”.

Haskel recently came under fire after dodging a question posed by Channel 4 presenter Cathy Newman about Israel’s decision to invite and host far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Put forward by Palestinian artist and activist Lubna Speitan, Motion A105 argues that “Zionism is fundamentally incompatible with anti-racist principles, equality and justice.” It advocates for a single democratic Palestinian state.

Asked by Times Radio hosts whether he believed Zionism to be inherently racist, Green party leader Zack Polanski said: “Well, I’m giving you a very specific answer, which is it depends on your definition of Zionism.

“If we’re talking about the definition that this Israeli government are clearly perpetrating through a genocide in Gaza, then yes, absolutely. That’s racist.”

The motion has sparked debate, with the [Jewish Greens warning][2] party members that it could make Jewish people feel unwelcome.

At least 73,118 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s ongoing genocide since October 2023.

[1]: https://hurryupharry.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/A105_Zionism_is_Racism.pdf
[2]: https://jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/why-jewish-greens-are-urging-party-members-to-vote-against-a105/


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