# Tell The Greens: Zionism Is Not Racism > On 4 October 2026 the Green Party declared that Zionism is racism. That brands most British Jews as racists. It takes two minutes to tell them to repeal it. Site: https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/ Publisher: Zionism Is Not Racism Motion passed: 4 October 2026 ## What happened On 4 October 2026 the Green Party of England and Wales voted to declare that "Zionism is racism". Zionism is simply the belief that Jewish people, like the French, the Irish or the Palestinians, have the right to a homeland of their own. Is that racist? No. I am a Zionist, so the Green Party says I am a racist. Zionism Is Not Racism. By singling out the Jews, the Greens have become racist. ## What Zionism is Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people have the right to live as a nation in the Jewish homeland, where Jews have lived continuously for approximately 4,000 years. That is not racism. It is national self-determination, the same right every other people claims in its historic homeland. French people have the right to a homeland in France. Is that racist? No. Simple. You can fiercely criticise any Israeli government and still be a Zionist, just as you can criticise the French government while believing France is the homeland of the French. Neither is racist. ## What racism is Racism is treating people worse because of their race, ethnicity or national origin, or holding one group to a standard that is applied to no one else. UK law recognises Jewish people as an ethnic group protected by the Equality Act 2010. ## Why calling Zionism racism is antisemitism There are nearly 200 countries. Dozens have a majority religion and 43 have an official one. Israel was founded by a United Nations resolution and admitted to the UN in 1949; many countries have far less to show for their founding. Nobody calls any of them racist for existing. If believing in a Jewish homeland is racist, then believing in a Palestinian homeland is racist too. Nobody says that. Only Jews are told it. Picking out Jews, and only Jews, for a rule applied to no one else is racism. That is what the motion does. The United Nations said "Zionism is racism" in 1975 and took it back in 1991. The Green Party has brought it back. Zionism is not racism. By singling out the Jews, the Greens have become racist. ## What the motion's own backers say it means The motion, A105, is not a one-line slogan. It declares the Green Party "an anti-Zionist party". It supports "a single democratic Palestinian State in all of historic Palestine", which means no Israel, and so rejects the two-state solution backed by the United Nations, the UK, the EU, the Arab League and the Palestinian Authority. It affirms Palestinian "struggle ... by all available means", and its own briefing paper spells that out as "including armed struggle". It calls Marwan Barghouti, convicted of five murders, merely a "prisoner of conscience". And it calls for Palestine Action to be taken off the terrorism list. The Greens support proscribed terrorists. Then it turns inward. Zionism is to be "treated as any other form of racism". So, anyone who believes Israel should exist is to be handled as a racist. ## What the law says The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation because of race, religion or belief. Jews are protected as an ethnic group, and Zionism, as a belief held by most British Jews, is capable of protection as a philosophical belief. The Equality and Human Rights Commission's 2020 guidance for political parties is plain: a party must not discriminate against, harass or victimise its members, associates, guests or those seeking membership because of a protected characteristic, including race, religion and belief. A party that declares the core belief of most British Jews to be racism, and treats those who hold it as racists, contravenes the Equality Act and the Commission's guidance. The motion is not only wrong. It is unlawful. ## What the motion itself says (Motion A105, in brief) - Declares the Green Party "an anti-Zionist party": a mainstream British party formally opposed to the core belief of most British Jews. - Supports "a single democratic Palestinian State in all of historic Palestine", which means the end of Israel as a state. That rejects the two-state solution backed by the UN, the UK, the EU, the Arab League and the Palestinian Authority. - Affirms Palestinian "struggle ... by all available means" and, in its own briefing paper, spells that out as "including armed struggle". - Orders that Zionism "be treated as any other form of racism" by the party's Anti-Racism Policy Working Group: Jewish members who believe Israel should exist are to be handled as racists. - Calls Marwan Barghouti, convicted of five murders, merely a "prisoner of conscience". - Supports a proscribed terrorist organisation: it calls for Palestine Action, banned by Parliament under the Terrorism Act 2000, to be taken off the list. - Argues in its briefing paper that the word "antisemitism" is a "misnomer" that should be dropped, and that the definitions used by the UK Government and most councils are "weaponry". ## What we are asking Tell them. One polite email to Green Party head office, the leader's office and a handful of Green councillors and local parties, asking them to repeal the motion. It takes two minutes, it goes from your own email, and every one is counted. Then share this page so others can do the same. ## Key facts - Jews have lived continuously in the land of Israel for approximately 4,000 years. - Nearly 200 countries; 43 have an official state religion; none is called racist for existing. Israel is the one Jewish state. - The UN General Assembly declared "Zionism is racism" in 1975 (Resolution 3379) and repealed it in 1991. - The IHRA working definition of antisemitism, adopted by the UK Government, names "claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor" as an example of antisemitism. - The Equality Act 2010 protects Jews as an ethnic group and protects religion and belief. ## Pages - [Home](https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/): the campaign page with the email tool - [The motion, line by line](https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/the-motion): Motion A105 quoted clause by clause with our response to each - [The councillors who backed the racist motion](https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/who-backed-it): the sitting Green councillors named as supporters, with councils and wards. Each has a page of their own at https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/who-backed-it/first-last with an email addressed to them - [Press and resources](https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/press): facts in brief, quotes for use, the motion PDF and campaign images - [Print a letter](https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/letter): a ready-written A4 letter to Green Party head office to print, sign and post - [Privacy](https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/privacy): what is counted (anonymous totals only) and what is not - [Contact](https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/contact): the contact form, the only way to reach the campaign - [Share image](https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/og/tell-the-greens.png) Hashtags: #RacistGreens #RacistGreenParty #TellTheGreens #ZionismIsNotRacism #IAmAZionist