Chief Rabbi speaks out after Green Party zionism vote row

• Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis has condemned a Green Party conference motion defining Zionism as racism, labelling it poisonous antisemitism and a threat to British Jews.
• Green Party members voted 1,022 to 813 in favour of the motion at their conference in Brighton, declaring the Greens an anti-Zionist party.
• Following the vote, Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar barred Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering Israel, accusing the party of legitimising the nation's destruction.
• The motion has exposed significant internal divisions, with four of the Green Party's five MPs publicly rejecting the new stance.
• The decision has drawn strong criticism from political opponents and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, who labelled the Greens an extremist party.

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Chief rabbi warns Green Party’s anti-zionist motion is a ‘threat to British Jews’