Green councillors face Labour deadline to disown Zionism policy
Green leaders have been given until Sunday to disown their party's "Zionism is racism" conference vote.
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Green leaders have been given until Sunday to disown their party's "Zionism is racism" conference vote.
The Green Party leader said, while he wanted to amend it, the motion would stand until 2028.
Lubna Speitan, who has Palestinian roots, believes messages and emails are part of an effort to intimidate her.
The party was reported to the Equality and Human Rights Commission by MPs and antisemitism campaigners.
Labour says it will end power-sharing deals with councillors that do not disown the party's new stance.
Andy Burnham condemns the motion approved by Green Party members and says his party would "have nothing to do with it".
Zack Polanski calls for internal rule reforms to give party leaders greater control over policy after Zionism vote.
The party's Westminster leader Ellie Chowns made the comments after ex-leader Caroline Lucas said some members had joined to vote in the Zionism motion.
Jewish Greens' leader has said Polanski should resign in the wake of a Zionism row and by-election defeat.
The senior rabbi, whose party is in Netanyahu's coalition, has caused uproar in Israel by calling Zionism disastrous.
The Green Party leader speaks to BBC Breakfast after he lost the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
Senior party figures have criticised his response to a motion passed by members declaring Zionism a form of racism.
The Green leader faces pressure over his response to a party motion declaring Zionism a form of racism, as well as his by-election loss.
A motion declaring Zionism a form of racism was passed by Green Party members on Sunday.
Rabbi Dov Lando's comments expose tensions over Zionism, conscription and Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox allies.
It has emerged Lubna Speitan was listed in court documents as a "close friend" of a man later jailed for supporting al-Qaeda.
And there is nothing radical about declaring it. It is a fact of history.
The party’s new policy reflects ignorance of Zionism and does nothing to advance Palestinian self-determination.
Brighton & Hove City Council says the motion is not compatible with its inclusion commitments.
Phil Davies called for Welsh Greens to set up their own party in the wake of the conference row.