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Yachad @yachad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Our Statement on the Green Party passing the motion 'Zionism is Racism' yachad.org.uk/statement-on...

The adoption by the Green Party conference yesterday of the 'Zionism is Racism' motion is a serious and deeply offensive outcome.

An overwhelming majority of British Jews, regardless of their views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, have now been told by the party that they are racists.

They are not simply being shut out of a political party; they are being asked to dissociate themselves from organised Jewish life in order to pass what is effectively an ‘acceptability test’.

Zionism is a fiercely debated and contested word. But for most British Jews, belief in Jewish peoplehood and self-determination is core to their Jewish identity, and this is what they understand to be the basic premise of Zionism.

It is why when Jews attend synagogue they pray facing Jerusalem, and why the concept of ‘Zion’ has been at the heart of Jewish communal life for two millennia.

Telling Jews they are acceptable only if they give up that understanding of collective Jewish identity, is not, as some have sought to explain it away, an attack on a political ideology. It is an attack on Jewish identity.

That is why, for most Jews across the political spectrum, yesterday's vote is deeply offensive and alienating. Jews do not need a political party to define Jewish identity on their behalf.

In any other context, a party telling a minority community what its identity may and may not include would be recognised, without controversy, as racist.

To be clear: there is a legitimate conversation to be had about the modern state of Israel, its policies and those of its successive governments, and the impact they have had on the lives and identity of Palestinians.

Yesterday's motion is not that conversation. It is a blunt tool that does the opposite of encouraging legitimate debate. It alienates Jews regardless of their views on the conflict or on Israel more widely, and it hands ammunition to those who want to paint all pro-Palestinian activism as illegitimate.

Instead of focusing the discussion on the real issues at hand: dispossession, violence and deep insecurity, the conversation has yet again been reduced to a war of words that will change nothing.

Yachad will continue to work to build the conditions for policy change that makes a real difference on the ground. Yesterday's motion has only made that work harder.

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm feeling really upset and a lot of the takes on here (on both sides of the discussion actually) are really painful. Some people really are acting like all pro Palestinian acitivism is inherently antisemitic. I've blocked more followers and mutuals in the last few days than I ever have before.

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Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There are many good causes and there are organisations that focus and lobby on those causes. Had I wanted to focus on this issue I would have joined Your Party. I want the Green Party to focus on green issues.

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Rosi Sexton @rosisexton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I said some time ago that if I were someone intent on eliminating the Green Party of England and Wales as an electoral threat, the Zionism is Racism motion would be exactly how I'd go about it. (1)

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Rosi Sexton @rosisexton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This statement would carry a lot more weight were it not for the quite blatant antisemitism that appears to be being entirely tolerated, and Jewish members' concerns dismissed.

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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

lefty english gentiles can of course attempt to practice what they preach on jewishness and zionism by removing themselves from literally any communal space where they may encounter someone who supports nigel farage

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Treblig 🇺🇦 @camtreblig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s like an arms race of obnoxiousness, and the pro-Palestine side is putting in a strong performance after a few years of dominance by the pro-Israel side

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bugs xo ↙↙↙ 🐞 @psyllobora22.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is what i wrote following the ZIR vote. Want to be clear that this is my personal view and not the view of the Jewish Greens committee and this is about as polite as I can manage currently.

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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I am deeply saddened the ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion has passed. It doesn't reflect Green principles or my own view. The Green Party has long supported the principle of self-determination, and I stand by our 2024 manifesto commitment of equal rights of Israelis and Palestinians.

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SeaDogMariner 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @captseadog.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not nearly enough. You have lost control of your own party. Passing an openly racist motion exposes exactly who most of your members are. Horrific.

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Andy Lee @andylee115.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I voted Green when they were a party concerned with the environment. Now they are a one policy party and that policy is antisemitism.

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Phil Pool Photos @phil-brighton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tbh, i strongly doubt most Greens are at all antisemitic - most will disagree strongly with the actions of the Israeli gov. but they'll have already realised that they've really shot themselves in the foot with this stupid action and badly let down the wider green cause.

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theologically.bsky.social @theologically.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If the bluesky chat is right, then Greens democratic structurea were exploited by entryists, and the leadership push back came way too late to turn it back. A massive setback. Meanwhile climate change doubles down.

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Andy @ocelota.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If the amendments had passed, it'd be possible to argue for the motion as a hard stance against the Israeli government and those that enable it. With those amendments having been debated and rejected, I think it's impossible to portray them as anything but a racist party, even if individuals aren't.

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Probably better to know what the Greens really are, than not, eh.

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Gary Lewis @seasidegaz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s clear what they’ve become. As a non-practicing Jew who’s had to distance themselves from some family & friends )as a result of my strident objections to Netanyahu, his coalition of extremists and the direction they have driven Israel) the Green Party has now lost me.

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm not in the Green Party, but even as a non-practising Jew, I agree with what this activist is saying. It's the Netenyahu Govt (and those that fully support them) that are the racists, not Zionism, not Judaism and not Jews. There's much confusion amongst non-Jewish people

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 04/10/2026

This was the breaking point for me. This is a perfectly reasonable and empathetic amendment that respects family ties and Jewish community institutions. It in no way undermined the purpose of the emotion as sold. To vote against it is absolutely unhinged and, in my opinion, openly antisemitic.

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Dan @dasy2k1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Explicitly supporting one side over another when both sides are intent on ethic cleansing the other out of existence is not a good look for any political party. #ukpolitics

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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I see a bit of green behind the ears idealism has got the Green party into a bit of a hole We all can have splendid ideals but then there is realpolitik Ask Mr Corbyn about how that works

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To be absolutely clear: Most of what I post is self promotion / domestic politics / stupid shit; the war is none of those things, and my posts won't make a blind bit of difference; criminalising pro-Palestine campaigners is disgusting; Nethanyahu belongs in the Hague. This motion is still bad.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

passing the "zionism is racism" motion on the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street is a bit on the fucking nose isn't it

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have my own personal, and some professional, reasons why I don't belong to or support any particular political party and am reminded of all of them at present.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion

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Dan @dasy2k1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I agree 100% with Carla's excellent analysis of the situation. That this inherently racist motion eventually passed is unbelievably counterproductive for the green party and means I cannot in conscience vote for them until such time as this is overturned or modified

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Iran anti-sanctions motion wasn't debated in the end at Green Party conference (ran out of time as I understand it) 5 of the 12 named proposers of 'Zionism is Racism' motion were also proposers of the anti-sanctions Iran motion (and 2 more backed it in the internal party discussion thread)

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cailleach54.bsky.social @cailleach54.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I`m afraid the " Green " party no longer has my vote . The party no longer stands for what it once did .

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Kieran🏳️‍🌈 @diptripping.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

"Zionism is Racism" motion passed by 1022 votes to 813. Not sure I'm going to remain a member of the Greens sadly. So depressing. I don't really want to leave, but I don't think I can stay as it stands.

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Dan @dasy2k1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am not a member but they have lost my vote with this. Which is shame because I really thought @zackpolanski.bsky.social could change things for the better I have not and never will support the atrocities that have been perpetrated or tolerated by the government of Israel.

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Emathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A high level of organisation and coordination requiring extensive networking and careful communication. Which makes it all the more surprising *IF* the UK internal security service (MI5) and Counter Terrorism Command of the Metropolitan Police (SO15) were unaware of the planned 'storm' action.

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Dan @dasy2k1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I don't think any country distrusts Canada to be fair in your dealings with their bullion, I think they just distrust your southern neighbour not to invade

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Dan @dasy2k1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Subsidised (ie payed for fully by the companies) retraining for all offshore oil and gas workers to transfer to offshore wind farm techs or anything similar being the obvious choice

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 29/08/2026

In 2025, John Edgley (Network Rail’s chief engineer of infrastructure and asset strategy) stood up and showed that graph to a conference of engineers. He said the following words, and they should be seen as a stark warning:

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Hellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.

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Dan @dasy2k1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It is worth noting that this does allow the fringes of the party to make much more noise in the press cycle than would be permitted for any other party. But when a proposal as bad as this one is backed by an official working group it does raise alarm bells

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Dan @dasy2k1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is something the #greenparty really need to adresse if they are to have any hope of electoral success

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 07/08/2026

On the left is the ORR predicting yesterday's failure in March 2026. On the right is me on the BBC describing government's inadequate funding of Network Rail, and why we are going to see many more major disruptive events like this unless there's a change in direction.

Gaps in resilience of signalling supply power back-up systems are a risk. Failures of signalling supply power have emerged as a growing risk to network performance and potentially safety, due to the loss of signalling capability. Recent incidents at Stoke, Stone, and Kidsgrove occurred within North West & Central region, but they may point to a wider issue. We have identified a systemic oversight gap between Network Rail's electrical & power and signalling disciplines, particularly in relation to the provision and assurance of resilient back-up power arrangements. This gap does not appear to be fully addressed through Network Rail's internal incident reviews, increasing the risk of recurrence.

Government must fund railways adequately, says rail engineer published at 11:50
11:50 A rail engineer and podcaster has called on the government to fund the railways adequately, warning that Network Rail - the body that owns most of the UK's rail infrastructure is being told to "run a minimum viable product". Gareth Dennis tells BBC Radio 5 Live that Network Rail's funding "was so much lower than it needed to be for the railways to stay afloat".
He says that at the start of the year, there were "massive redundancies" at Network Rail, so having staff members who know they need to be checking back-up supplies becomes "the sort of thing that falls through the cracks". "The government is really responsible for this and needs to be funding the railways adequately - they currently see the railways as an asset that costs them money, but they should be seeing it as an engine for growth and investing accordingly," he says.

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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is an attempted lynching, which will be treated with much less seriousness then pensioners holding up Palestine Action placards.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

From the awesome Hannah Spencer

Hannah Spencer
MP for Gorton and Denton
Rolling back the hard-won rights of trans people to live in dignity and peace does nothing to make women and girls safer.
The unworkable EHRC Code of Practice puts trans people at risk, normalises harassment based on appearance, and burdens workers and service providers.
Trans people are our neighbours, friends and family, not our enemies.
It's time to fix our broken equality laws.
* Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It tells you everything you need to know about the state of British society when the Anne Frank Trust has to step in because of the dehumanising attacks on the LGBT community. What a disgrace we’ve become

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 19/06/2026

Charity exists to solve the failures of government. The Environment Agency has been defunded and defanged, and now they’re using what little power and resource they have left to go after *checks notes* volunteers removing rubbish from rivers for them. 🙃 www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...

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Man facing up to 2 years in prison for clearing rubbish from East London river

Paul Powlesland, 40, and a group of volunteers filled over 200 bags of rubbish from the River Roding in Barking, East London

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

So we've closed down all the kids real world spaces and now we're going to deprive them of the cyberspace thats left to them? That's where we're at now?

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Dan @dasy2k1.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This! Absolutely this! There are communities of like minded people on various socal media for virtually any special interest While some restrictions to curb the harms of echo chamber algorithms is prehaps neccassay we must ensure we don't exclude people who may be neurodivergent, LGBTQ+ or similar

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 02/06/2026

Henry Nowak’s father’s words outside court, who is probably the person we most need to hear from today.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

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