Lord Finkelstein and Green MP Ellie Chowns debate Green motion declaring Zionism a form of racism

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Conservative peer Lord Finkelstein and Green Party Westminster Leader Ellie Chowns MP debate Green Party members voting to adopt a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism. Israel's foreign ministry described the motion as a "clear antisemitic text" and beyond "the boundaries of legitimate political debate". Green Party leader in England and Wales Zack Polanski did not take part in the vote on Sunday. The motion, which has divided senior party figures, defines Zionism as an ideology supporting "an ethnonationalist Jewish state" and backs a "single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine". It has been criticised by some Jewish groups, who called the motion an "attack on the Jewish community". "Zionism is anti-racism, creating a refuge for Jews in their ancient homeland after millennia of persecution outside it," the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council said in a statement. "Branding most British Jews and Jewish institutions 'racist

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