Overview
- Conference delegates in early October voted to adopt a motion defining Zionism as a form of racism with the result reported as 1,022 to 813, and an amendment removed the party’s previous support for a two‑state solution.
- Jewish organisations and senior communal figures described the motion as dangerous and hateful, and Labour MPs have referred the party to the Equality and Human Rights Commission amid calls for investigations.
- Leader Zack Polanski, who did not vote at the conference, has been politically weakened after losing the Holborn and St Pancras by‑election and being banned from entering Israel.
- The national dispute has spilled into local government, most visibly in Norwich where council leader Lucy Galvin opposed the motion and faces a rebellion from councillors who support the conference decision.
- The vote has triggered resignations, defections and public denunciations from senior Greens, exposing a rift between established figures and a newer activist base and raising the risk of further electoral and membership losses.