The bitter split in Zack Polanski‘s Greens over their approach to Israel deepened last night after it emerged officials at the party conference were forced to organise a ‘safe room’ for Jewish members.
Ahead of a vote on a controversial motion today equating Zionism with racism – and with rival pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations being kept apart by police outside the conference centre in Brighton – a Jewish member of the party said a room had been kept aside for their use if they felt threatened.
Amid what one source called a ‘febrile’ atmosphere, the Jewish member said: ‘We have been given
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