Green deputy leader defeated as Leeds council declares ‘Zionism is not racism’
Mothin Ali suggested that his party’s contention that Zionism is, in fact, racist was ‘an understatement’
Assessment
A Green Party deputy leader in Leeds lost a council vote after the body declared Zionism is not racism. Mothin Ali went further, calling his party's position that Zionism is racist an understatement. The vote signals a local rupture over how anti Zionism is defined in British municipal politics. Watch whether this forces the national Green Party to clarify or revise its stance.