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Pro-Israel advocates hound Green Party members over 'Zionism is Racism' motion
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Lubna Speitan has found herself at the centre of a major controversy engulfing the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">UK</a>'s Green Party.</p>
<p>The British-<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a> is the author of a motion that Green Party members are expected to vote on Sunday, which calls for Zionism to be declared a form of racism.</p>
<p>The motion has become the focus of national media attention - and a highly contentious topic at the conference itself.</p>
<p>A fierce protest erupted on the narrow street outside the Green Party conference venue in Brighton on Saturday, with dozens of pro-Israel demonstrators shouting at Green Party members as they entered the conference.</p>
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