As reported, with every source
The people behind the motion
Its author, the party office-holders and councillors who put their names to it, and the endorsers its booklet names: what the press has reported about each, where it comes from, and what they said in reply.
Every item below is a paraphrase of the reports linked with it, and says whose report it is. An allegation is the outlet's, and unproven unless it says otherwise; each person's response is given where one was reported. Only people with a public office, a party post or a public profile are here, and only where their name on the motion's printed lists is a sure or probable match. As of 14 October 2026. If anything here is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
The author of the motion
Lubna Speitan
Author of the motion; on the steering group of Greens for Palestine. The party says she holds no position beyond membership. Proposer of both versions
What has been reported
- US court filings describe her as a close friend of Minh Quang Pham, jailed in the US for supporting al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. In 2016 she wrote to the judge asking for the case to be dismissed, and in October 2026 she told The Telegraph they are still friends (The Jewish Chronicle, ITV News).
- The Jewish Chronicle also reports that she was filmed saying Zionists should be hunted like Nazi oppressors.
Their response: The Jewish Chronicle says there is no suggestion she knew of his activity. She calls the claims defamatory and decontextualised. The Jewish Chronicle reports that the party is investigating.
Where it comes from: The Jewish Chronicle, 6 October 2026 · ITV News, 7 October 2026 · The Jewish Chronicle, 7 October 2026
Party office-holders who signed it
Cllr Mothin Ali
Deputy leader of the Green Party and a member of its national executive; Leeds councillor for Gipton and Harehills. Spring 2026 list (A105)
What has been reported
- A post of his on 7 October 2023 called for an end to white supremacist settler colonialism and used Hamas's name for the attack, in Arabic (Jewish News).
- He attended a London rally in February 2026, after Ayatollah Khamenei was killed, and defended being there (Jewish News).
- He suggested that Labour MPs were paid for by the Israel lobby (The Jewish Chronicle).
- Before the vote he told the BBC and Sky that he would back the motion (Jewish News).
Their response: He apologised for the 2023 posts, and the party says they were dealt with. No sanction was reported.
Where it comes from: Jewish News, 30 April 2026 · Jewish News, 2 March 2026 · The Jewish Chronicle, 24 February 2026 · Jewish News, 3 October 2026
Cllr Nicola Day
Elections co-ordinator on the Green Party's national executive; Peterborough councillor for Orton Waterville. Spring 2026 list (A105)
What has been reported
- In 2019 she called claims of antisemitism in the Labour Party right-wing press smears (The Jewish Chronicle).
Their response: She apologised and pledged to undergo training.
Where it comes from: The Jewish Chronicle
Sitting councillors who signed it
Cllr Kamel Hawwash
Birmingham cabinet member for children and families and deputy leader of the city's Green group; councillor for Stirchley; a former chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Spring 2026 list (A105)
What has been reported
- The Jewish Chronicle says that in a television interview in October 2023 he appeared to suggest that captives, mostly soldiers, could be kept to negotiate with (the translation is the paper's).
Their response: He says he condemns attacks on civilians and calls the claims prejudiced.
The Daily Mail deleted a report that he had praised Hamas, which rested on the title of a Lebanese news segment of 17 October 2023 that he appeared in ("10 days since Al-Aqsa Flood: Courage in the face of aggression"), and published a clarification: "the title wording was the broadcaster's, not his", and "he unequivocally condemns all attacks on civilians" (Novara Media). A Labour dossier reported in May had described a video of his under the same "Al-Aqsa Flood" name; in the light of that clarification, it is not repeated here.
Where it comes from: The Jewish Chronicle, 30 July 2026 · Novara Media, 12 June 2026
Cllr Hau-Yu Tam
Lewisham cabinet member; councillor for Deptford. Both printed lists
What has been reported
- Reposted a call for Zionism to be abolished as evil, and a post likening it to Nazism; praised a barrister acting in a bid to de-proscribe Hamas; and called David Lammy and Priti Patel coconuts (Jewish News, The Jewish Chronicle).
Their response: Apologised for the coconuts remark. No party action was reported.
Where it comes from: Jewish News, 11 April 2025 · The Jewish Chronicle, 8 July 2026
Cllr Rebecca Jones
Lewisham councillor for Blackheath, and a GP. Autumn 2026 list (E02), the version that passed
What has been reported
- Jewish News reports a post calling for Zionism to be burned to the ground; that she described a reading of Yahya Sinwar's purported will as beautiful; that she used the term "Zios", popularised by David Duke; and that she supported Palestine Action.
Their response: The General Medical Council opened a fitness-to-practise investigation after UK Lawyers for Israel raised concerns; it is open. She says some of the content attributed to her is not hers, and that the GMC is being used to silence doctors who criticise Israel.
Rebecca Jones is a common name, but she is the only Green candidate of that name on record, so the match to the printed list is probably right.
Where it comes from: Jewish News, 23 April 2026 · Jewish News, 18 May 2026 · Jewish News, 6 July 2026 · UK Lawyers for Israel
Cllr Ifhat Shaheen
Hackney councillor for Stoke Newington. Both printed lists, as Ifhat Shaheen-Smith
What has been reported
- Posts suggesting that Israel harvests organs to alter Zionists' DNA; asking whether Zionist money funded Tommy Robinson's marches; and calling the 7 October attacks Palestinians defending themselves (The Spectator, The Jewish Chronicle).
- The Spectator says she praised CAGE and once managed the London office of Ennahda, Tunisia's Islamist party, citing a filing under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Their response: She did not respond, and her accounts were locked. She had not been suspended as of May 2026.
Where it comes from: The Spectator, 12 April 2026 · The Jewish Chronicle, 5 May 2026
Cllr Charli Thompson
Barnet's only Green councillor, for Woodhouse, holding the balance of power on the council. Both printed lists, as Charlotte Thompson
What has been reported
- She told the Barnet Post that she supports the decision and sees Zionism as an ethnonationalist project. Three Labour MPs condemned her for it (Jewish News).
Their response: None reported.
Where it comes from: Jewish News
Other public figures who signed it
Jonathon Porritt
Former co-chair of the Green Party, and a former adviser to King Charles. Autumn 2026 list (E02), the version that passed
What has been reported
- He was arrested three times in 2025 while holding a sign supporting Palestine Action, which is proscribed, and has been charged under section 13 of the Terrorism Act, which makes it an offence to show support for a proscribed group (Al Jazeera; his own website; AP).
Their response: He intends to plead not guilty. All such cases are on hold until the Supreme Court rules on the ban, which the Court of Appeal upheld in June 2026. The charges are unproven.
Palestine Action is proscribed, but it is not an Islamist group.
Where it comes from: Al Jazeera, August 2025 · Jonathon Porritt's website · AP, July 2026
Endorsers named in the Greens for Palestine booklet
Sami Al-Arian
Former US university professor, named as an endorser in the Greens for Palestine booklet handed out at conference.
What has been reported
- Pleaded guilty in 2006 to conspiring to provide services to Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is proscribed in the UK, and left the US for Turkey in 2015 (Fox News).
Their response: None reported.
Where it comes from: Fox News, 2015
Ismail Patel
Founder and leader of Friends of Al-Aqsa, also an endorsing organisation, named as an endorser in the booklet.
What has been reported
- Told a rally in 2009 that Hamas was not a terrorist organisation and saluted it, and is reported to have met Hamas leaders (The Jewish Chronicle).
- Appeared with Mothin Ali at a Friends of Al-Aqsa fringe event at the conference (Jewish News).
Their response: None reported.
Where it comes from: The Jewish Chronicle, 2024 · Jewish News, 3 October 2026
David Miller
Former professor at the University of Bristol, named as an endorser in the booklet.
What has been reported
- Sacked by the university in 2021 over comments about Zionist students and student societies. A tribunal found in 2024 that he was unfairly dismissed and that his anti-Zionism is a protected belief, but that he contributed to his dismissal (Jewish News).
Their response: None reported.
Where it comes from: Jewish News, 2024