Zack Polanski has ruled out trying to overturn a controversial Green Party policy that equates Zionism with racism – as he again refused to say Israel has a right to exist.
The party leader labelled Zionism as a ‘racist ideology’ synonymous with ‘basic colonialism’ that has been responsible for ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, as he faced the cameras for the first time since the major anti-Semitism row engulfed his party.
Mr Polanski has faced both internal and external criticism of his leadership after the Green Party conference in Brighton backed a motion describing Zionism as ‘racism’ in a vote he did not take part in.
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