5 October 2026
Motion A105, "Zionism is Racism", passed on 4 October 2026
To the Green Party and its councillors,
I am a Zionist, so the Green Party says I am a racist. On 4 October 2026 your party passed a motion declaring that Zionism is racism. I am writing to ask you to reverse it, and to explain why.
Zionism is the belief that Jewish people, like other peoples, have the right to national self-determination and a homeland of their own. You can disagree with any Israeli government and still hold it; many Zionists do. If that principle is racist, then the same principle must surely apply to Palestinians seeking national self-determination and a homeland of their own. Your motion does not say that. It supports exactly that for Palestinians while condemning it for Jews. Since the land that pro-Palestinians call for as their own is the exceptionally well-founded democratic State of Israel, that demand is itself racist and colonial. Your motion spells it out in resolution 3: a single Palestinian state "in all of historic Palestine".
Calling Zionism "racism" singles out Jews. No other people is told that wanting a homeland is racism. Jews alone are. By doing so, the Greens have become racist.
This also goes against the Green Party's own rules. The party prohibits racism and discrimination in its core values and in its binding Members' Code of Conduct. The party also has a specific Anti-Bullying and Harassment Policy stating that it prohibits discrimination based on characteristics including race, colour, ethnicity and faith or belief. Jewish people are an ethnic group and Zionism is a belief. The motion discriminates on both. UK law agrees. Jewish people are an ethnic group protected by the Equality Act 2010, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission's 2020 guidance says a party must not discriminate against its members on grounds of race, religion or belief. Your motion goes further and orders that Zionism be "treated as any other form of racism" within the party, which turns words into discipline against Jewish members.
I am asking you, the Green Party and Zack Polanski, to reverse this motion.
Sincerely, [Your name]
[Your name]
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