Israel’s president declared that the ‘antisemitic lie’ intentionally endangers Jews and Israelis.
Printed On 4 Oct 2026
Israel has reacted with anger after the UK’s Inexperienced Celebration voted to outline Zionism as a type of racism.
Israel, in addition to British Jewish teams, lashed out on Sunday following the vote by the small political celebration. The Israeli authorities declared that it now views the left-leaning Greens as giving “legitimacy to terrorism”.
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The Inexperienced Celebration, which obtained 6 % of the vote within the UK’s nationwide elections in 2024, stated it regarded Zionism as “an ethnonationalist political venture” and repeated its name for Britain’s Labour authorities to finish all arms commerce with Israel.
In a swift response, Israel’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs stated the coverage went “far past the boundaries of respectable political debate” and referred to as on different British political events to sentence the decision.
“The Greens have adopted not solely the inexperienced of Hamas, but additionally its ideology: the elimination of the State of Israel by armed wrestle,” the ministry wrote on social media.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog labelled the transfer “a shame and a disgrace”. Writing on social media, he stated: “Those that declare the antisemitic lie that ‘Zionism is racism’ intentionally endanger Jews and Israelis in all places.”
Israeli opposition chief Yair Lapid stated it’s “not Zionism that’s racism, it’s the Inexperienced Celebration”.
The Motion for Progressive Judaism, a British group, stated: “The Inexperienced Celebration has made antisemitism celebration coverage and develop into a racist celebration”.
It added that the assist of some Jews for the movement didn’t imply it might not be used to discriminate in opposition to others.
Throughout the vote, the Inexperienced Celebration additionally reaffirmed its “dedication to Palestinian liberation, the best of return, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), and a full arms embargo in opposition to Israel”.
It additionally reiterated assist for “the institution of a single democratic state all through historic Palestine”, the celebration stated in an announcement.
The movement was backed by a majority of 1,022 to 813. Celebration chief Zack Polanski, who’s operating for Parliament in former Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s London constituency, didn’t vote.
In an interview with UK media outlet Sky Information, the Greens’ co-deputy chief Mothin Ali stated that the heavy casualty toll throughout Israel’s genocidal battle on Gaza and its ongoing assaults had been the context for the vote.
The Inexperienced Celebration has 5 sitting members within the UK’s 650-seat parliament.
Following the passage of the decision, Polanski and different Inexperienced Celebration members stated in a joint assertion they’d “proceed to face in opposition to genocide, ethnic cleaning, apartheid and the unlawful occupation” and “name out the heinous crimes of the Netanyahu authorities”.
