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Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 1 point 13 hours ago (1 child)

That said, is it for us in the UK to say that a one-state solution is the correct one? I think that's overstepping our boundaries.

We're already overstepping our boundaries by arming Israel. That's a much worse case of solutionizing from afar. It's a rather final solution from afar.

This stance is one that says "This is morally wrong". Supporting a one state solution is just saying "We think this is a good road to peace and will support all efforts to go this way". It's not a demand on anyone. I'm sure green party members will be happy to see anything that stops the killing.

I don't really see what you're wringing your hands over.

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    We're already overstepping our boundaries by arming Israel

    Well yes, as a country, we should be sanctioning Israel as a whole to put an end to that. To make it illegal to do such a thing, rather than just wagging our fingers.

    Calling out a genocide where we see one and fully divesting from it is one thing.

    I don't think that necessarily gives us the go ahead to tell other countries how to resolve their problems. That, and I think the world is not really ready to hear this. We risk alienating people, even if we are right.

    You might call me a coward, or a centrist or something, but I wonder if this was a smart move. There are some things I want us to have very clear policies on: environmantalism, support of LGTBQ people, being against genocide etc. I don't want to cater to or placate Zionists. I just wonder if we overstretched here and may have shot ourselves in the foot around getting support from less informed or more moderate Greens.

    Seems like that's exactly what's happening, to some extent: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/05/green-party-england-wales-zionism-racism-vote-europe-germany though the Greens in Germany are pretty far gone.

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