Foreign Ministry: "The UK Green Party has today ceased to function as a political party and has become a terrorist-supporting body"
The Foreign Ministry responds to the UK Green Party's decision to define Zionism as "racism." "The UK Green Party has today ceased to function as a political party and has become a terrorist-supporting body. The…
Assessment
Israel's Foreign Ministry has declared the UK Green Party a terrorist-supporting body after the party adopted a resolution equating Zionism with racism and calling for a Palestinian state from the river to the sea. The ministry's language is unusually harsh, framing the party as having crossed a red line into endorsing armed struggle against Israel's existence. The demand for Labour and other UK parties to disavow the text puts pressure on the British political establishment to pick a side. Watch whether Labour leadership responds or tries to sidestep the issue.