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Head of Jewish Greens says she may leave party over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote (www.theguardian.com)
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The head of the Jewish Greens has said she may leave the party after it voted to adopt a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state.

The motion says Zionism – the movement for a Jewish state – should be “treated as any other form of racism”. It calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state “with equal rights for all”.

Some Jewish Greens have expressed concern that this will mean they could face disciplinary action for belonging to Jewish organisations that officially support Zionism, even synagogues. Supporters of the motion, which was led by a group called Greens for Palestine, have said this would not happen.

The chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, described the motion as “poisonous antisemitism” and a “threat to British Jews and to Britain”.

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[–] 36 points 3 days ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

If you can't separate Judaism from Zionism, and condemn the latter, perhaps we don't want you in the party.

It should be noted that the motion doesn't say that Jews cannot live in Palestine (including what is currently Israel), but rather that it cannot be theirs exclusively. It states that Zionism, the belief that there should be a state exclusively for one people, is racism.

Zionists, it's seems, cannot or refuse to see that nuance.

This motion states Jews are welcome in the party, but Zionism is not.

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