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Four of five Green MPs opposed the Zionism motion. Now Polanski rejects its wording

After days of unanswered questions, the Green leader says he would not have backed the motion as written. His clarification leaves the adopted policy—and its implications for members—unresolved.

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Jewish Greens in tears as party votes Zionism is racism; Israel bars leader who skipped the vote

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  1. Whether the adopted motion includes the Palestine Action clauses that the tabled text carried.

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    The complete adopted wording remains unverified, so neither the Palestine Action de-proscription clause nor the nonviolent direct-action detainee clause can be confirmed as retained or removed. Polanski’s separate opposition to the ban does not settle conference’s decision.⁠9⁠53

  2. The legal mechanism of the Israeli bar and what further steps follow.

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    Gideon Sa’ar announced the entry bar on 4 October as coordinated with relevant authorities. Its statutory basis, operative instrument, duration, appeal procedure and subsequent steps remain unestablished.⁠21

  3. How many members leave, and whether any legal challenge to the policy is filed.

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    Davies’s departure adds a documented case, but there is still no comprehensive resignation count. No filed legal challenge or announced EHRC investigation is established.⁠5⁠48⁠82

  4. The by-election result, with the count running into Friday 9 October.

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  5. Any comment from Polanski on the Israeli bar, and whether more Jewish members resign.

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    No specific response from Polanski to his Israeli entry bar is established. Lichtenstein’s resignation and a complete count of further Jewish-member departures remain unconfirmed.⁠46⁠88

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After days of unanswered questions, the Green leader says he would not have backed the motion as written. His clarification leaves the adopted policy—and its implications for members—unresolved.

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  1. The by-election result, with the count running into Friday 9 October.

    Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali won with 12,292 votes to Polanski’s 8,928, a majority of 3,364. The result does not establish the motion’s electoral effect.⁠70⁠99

Four of the Green Party’s five MPs opposed the Zionism motion their members adopted. Now their leader says he would not have voted for it as written either. Zack Polanski’s clarification on the morning of 9 October 2026 leaves a stark mismatch: the party has a policy that most of its parliamentary representatives opposed and its leader describes as “imperfect.”⁠1⁠90⁠93

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Polanski indicated that he would have supported an amended version. That answers part of the question he repeatedly declined to address during the by-election campaign. It does not establish that conference’s decision has been amended or withdrawn, nor does the available account supply the complete wording of the changes he wanted.⁠89⁠93

HeyDay News reported on 6 October that the Brighton conference had adopted the motion, that Jewish members were distressed and divided, and that Israel had announced an entry bar on Polanski. Those are the foundations of this dispute, not new decisions. Since then, criticism from former leader Caroline Lucas has escalated, a Welsh deputy leader has left, and Polanski has lost the Holborn and St Pancras by-election while insisting he can continue leading the party.

The leadership problem is no longer simply that Polanski would not explain his position. It is that explaining his position does not change the party’s.

What conference decided, and rejected

Members of the Green Party of England and Wales adopted motion A105, proposed by Lubna Speitan, on 4 October in Brighton, by 1,022 votes to 813. It defines Zionism as a form of racism and describes the ideology through support for “an ethnonationalist Jewish state.” It backs a “single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine,” including the territory of modern-day Israel.⁠9⁠3⁠5

The previously reported wording envisaged equal rights for everyone, Jerusalem as the capital and a Palestinian right of return. Supporters distinguish opposition to a political ideology from hostility toward Jewish people. But an ideological declaration also raises a practical membership question: what happens to Jewish members who identify as Zionist, or belong to communal organisations that do?⁠9⁠34

Conference rejected an amendment intended to protect Jewish people who identify as Zionist from repercussions. Earlier reporting described protection against pressure or discipline arising from affiliation with Zionist-identifying synagogues and Jewish bodies. Polanski backed an amendment that failed, but left Brighton to campaign in London and did not participate in the final vote. His absence was neither a vote for the motion nor a vote against it.⁠1⁠3⁠12

On election day, 8 October, ITV recorded reporters repeatedly asking whether Zionism is racism and why he had not voted. Polanski declined to answer in that exchange, saying he was talking to residents and would speak later. His subsequent morning clarification supersedes that unanswered position; the older footage is not evidence that he still refuses to state a view.⁠4⁠90⁠93

A leadership defence after electoral defeat

Lucas told Newsnight that Polanski had “failed to show leadership.” The BBC reported that she did not endorse him carrying on as leader; HuffPost’s account also described her declining to say whether he should stand down. Withholding support is consequential, but it should not be inflated into an established demand for his resignation.⁠2⁠61

Andy Burnham, speaking in Berlin on 8 October, called for Green leaders to reverse the motion, arguing that its single-state position ruled out a two-state solution. The prime minister also urged reversal. These are political demands, not decisions binding the Greens, and the reporting establishes no completed reversal.⁠3⁠4

After the by-election result, asked whether he could continue as leader, Polanski said, “of course I can carry on.” He also referred to an “ongoing genocide and the displacement of the Palestinian people.” Israel denies that its actions in Gaza constitute genocide; South Africa’s case is before the International Court of Justice, not a final judicial determination. No resignation, removal decision or completed leadership contest is established.⁠2⁠3

12,292Votes for Labour winner Sagal Abdi-Wali 70
8,928Votes for Green candidate Zack Polanski 99
3,364Labour’s winning majority 7099

Voting took place on 8 October, with results published on 9 October. Camden Council confirms Abdi-Wali’s election and 38.76% turnout; Camden New Journal supplies Polanski’s vote total. Turnout is not either candidate’s vote share, and the complete valid-vote total needed to calculate exact shares was not established.⁠70⁠99

The BBC described the Greens’ second place as, by a long way, their second-best Westminster by-election result. The precise ranking measure and full historical comparison were not independently established. It gives Polanski a strong showing to point to, but remains a defeat. No voter study establishes how much the Zionism motion helped or hurt him.⁠2

Belonging is the immediate practical test

Phil Davies resigned as Welsh Green deputy leader and cancelled his membership on 6 October. He had belonged for seven years and was selected as deputy in 2024. Our earlier report already identified the departures of Sefton councillor Kieran Dams, former councillor Andrée Frieze and Amnesty International UK chair Sandy Ruthven; those should not be counted as newly discovered resignations. There is no comprehensive total of departures over the motion.⁠5⁠82⁠83⁠49

Jewish Greens chair Vivien Lichtenstein, a member for 29 years, said it was “quite possible” she would leave and that the motion “crosses a line.” Her consideration of departure is not a confirmed resignation. Some Jewish members supported the motion; others fear their membership has become precarious. Polanski’s assurance that nobody would be made unwelcome because of faith or where they worship addresses that fear in principle, but supplies no agreed disciplinary safeguard.⁠1⁠46⁠30

The BBC reported membership growth of more than threefold over the preceding year. A separate Jerusalem Post report on 6 October gave 230,000 members, without an established official measurement date or confirmation. Those figures cannot produce a reliable starting membership. Internal critics’ allegations about hard-left newcomers or organised infiltration also remain separate from the documented growth: no verified demographic or voting breakdown establishes them.⁠2⁠49

Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs referred the party to the Equality and Human Rights Commission. A referral is not an investigation, a finding of discrimination or a judgment of unlawfulness. No announced EHRC investigation or filed legal challenge was established in the reporting checked through 9 October; that evidentiary gap does not prove no process exists.⁠48⁠81

No public date is established for another policy vote, a leadership decision or a legal hearing. The election is over and Polanski’s personal position is clearer. What conference adopted, and how members will be treated under it, still require an answer.

Sources and supporting reference material

Broadcast and initial reporting: Sky News⁠1; BBC News⁠2⁠3⁠5; ITV News⁠4⁠7; Channel 4 News⁠6; The Telegraph⁠8.

Policy and conference references: Green Party⁠9; A105 text⁠10⁠53; Reuters⁠11; Jewish News⁠12; Middle East Eye⁠13; BBC⁠14; Jewish Chronicle⁠15; Belfast Telegraph⁠16; VERITY⁠17; Action Network⁠18; Times of Israel⁠29; Independent⁠31⁠58; Times⁠32; Greens for Palestine⁠33; Brixton Buzz⁠34; Argus⁠35; Jerusalem Post⁠44; stated.news⁠45; Zionism Is Not Racism⁠54; Brighton Journal⁠55; Novara Media⁠56; Anadolu⁠57; The Intelligent⁠59; KioskNews⁠60.

Entry-bar reporting: Euronews⁠19; Independent⁠20⁠51; The State of Israel⁠21; Ynet⁠22; Times of Israel⁠23; InView⁠24; Jewish Chronicle⁠25; Standard⁠26; VINnews⁠27; Dublin Post⁠28; Jewish News⁠36; Virtual Jerusalem⁠38; Al-Monitor⁠86; Haaretz⁠87.

Membership and responses: Left Foot Forward⁠30; Ground News⁠37; Jewish News⁠39⁠48; Independent⁠43; BBC⁠46⁠82⁠83⁠96; Jewish Chronicle⁠47⁠52; Jerusalem Post⁠49; Metro⁠50; GB News⁠80; Londonlovesbusiness⁠81; Telegraph⁠84; Jewish Telegraphic Agency⁠85; Standard⁠88.

Leadership follow-up: HuffPost⁠61; Guardian⁠62; Independent⁠63⁠68; Standard⁠64; National⁠65; BBC⁠66⁠90⁠92; LBC⁠67; BBC-content copies⁠69⁠89⁠94⁠95; Brit Brief⁠91; Vaultz News⁠93.

Election references: British Political Data⁠40; BBC⁠41⁠71⁠72⁠97; UCL⁠42; Camden Council⁠70; Independent⁠73⁠74⁠79⁠101; Wikipedia⁠75; RTÉ⁠76; Standard⁠77⁠78⁠100; Parliament News⁠98; Camden New Journal⁠99; versus⁠102.

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  1. On October 6 we reported the Greens’ Zionism vote. Now Polanski rejects its unamended wording. Four of five Green MPs opposed it, and senior members have left. Will the party change the policy?
  2. Zack Polanski now says he wouldn’t have voted for the motion as passed. On the morning of October 9, he called it “imperfect” and said he would have supported an amended version. His explanation follows days of unanswered questions.
  3. His reservations leave the adopted policy in place. They also come after a by-election defeat and criticism from former Green leader Caroline Lucas. The dispute now reaches beyond his personal position to how the party will treat members who identify as Zionist.
  4. Conference members adopted a policy defining Zionism as a form of racism. Proposed by Lubna Speitan, it describes the ideology through support for an ethnonationalist Jewish state. It backs a single democratic Palestinian state throughout historic Palestine, including modern-day Israel.
  5. The motion passed by 1,022 votes to 813 on October 4. Its previously published wording envisaged equal rights for everyone, Jerusalem as the capital and a Palestinian right of return. Supporters distinguish opposition to a political ideology from hostility toward Jewish people. Critics question what that distinction means for Jewish members who consider themselves Zionist.
  6. Polanski left Brighton before the final vote to campaign in Holborn and St Pancras. He backed an amendment that was rejected, then took no part in the vote that adopted the policy. His morning remarks explain how he would have voted.
  7. Four of the party’s five MPs opposed the motion. Members also rejected an amendment intended to protect Jewish people who identify as Zionist from repercussions. That proposed protection covered pressure or discipline connected to Zionist-identifying synagogues and Jewish organisations.
  8. On election day, October 8, Polanski repeatedly declined questions about whether Zionism is racism and why he hadn’t voted. He said he was talking to residents and would speak later. His eventual clarification changes that unanswered position, although the full wording of the amendments he wanted still isn’t clear.
  9. Caroline Lucas said Polanski had “failed to show leadership.” She criticised his handling of the dispute and his absence from the debate. Asked about him continuing as leader, she declined to endorse him, but also declined to say whether he should stand down.
  10. Andy Burnham urged Green leaders to reverse the motion and ensure it didn’t remain party policy. Speaking in Berlin on October 8, he argued that its single-state position ruled out a two-state solution. The prime minister also called for reversal.
  11. Polanski insisted he could remain leader after losing the by-election. Asked whether he could continue, he said, “of course I can carry on.” In those post-result remarks, he hadn’t yet explicitly rejected the motion. That clarification came later in the morning.
  12. He also spoke of an “ongoing genocide and the displacement of the Palestinian people.” Israel denies that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide. South Africa’s case against Israel is before the International Court of Justice, where the accusation awaits a final judicial determination.
  13. Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali won Holborn and St Pancras with 12,292 votes. Polanski received 8,928, giving Labour a majority of 3,364. Voting took place on October 8, and the results were published on October 9. The Greens finished second.
  14. Turnout was 38.76%. The Greens’ showing was reportedly their second-best ever in a Westminster by-election. That strong placing supports Polanski’s defence of his leadership, but voters elected Labour’s candidate. Nobody has measured how much this motion helped or hurt him.
  15. The Conservatives finished third with 1,922 votes, ahead of Reform UK. Reform received 1,612 votes and Restore Britain 692, putting Reform ahead of Restore in the published totals.
  16. Phil Davies resigned as Welsh Green deputy leader and cancelled his membership on October 6. He’d belonged to the party for seven years and became deputy in 2024. Kieran Dams, the 23-year-old Waterloo ward councillor in Sefton, also left to sit as an independent.
  17. The departures already included former councillor Andrée Frieze and Sandy Ruthven, chair of Amnesty International UK. Further councillors have left, but there’s no complete count of members leaving over the motion.
  18. Jewish Greens chair Vivien Lichtenstein has belonged to the party for 29 years. She said it was “quite possible” she would leave and that the motion “crosses a line.” She also wanted scrutiny of recently joined members. Her departure hasn’t been confirmed.
  19. Jewish members hold different views. Some supported the motion, while others fear for their place in the party. Polanski has said nobody should be made unwelcome because of their faith or where they worship. Members still need to know what safeguards would apply if the policy became a basis for discipline.
  20. Greens for Palestine says Palestinians and anti-Zionist Jews drafted the motion, with more than 40 Palestinian liberation organisations endorsing it. Membership reportedly grew more than threefold in a year. A separate figure of 230,000 members lacks an official date or confirmation.
  21. Those figures can’t give a reliable starting membership. Internal critics say the influx included hard-left campaigners focused on the Middle East. Some allege organised infiltration. Party growth alone doesn’t show who newcomers are, how they voted or whether they coordinated their arrival.
  22. Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs asked the Equality and Human Rights Commission to consider whether the policy broke the law. An investigation hasn’t been announced. The practical concern is whether members could face exclusion, pressure or discipline, and what protections the party would provide.
  23. Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced Polanski’s entry bar on October 4. The decision was described as “coordinated with the relevant authorities.” That announcement was part of the earlier dispute. The bar’s duration and appeal process still aren’t clear.
  24. It’s also unclear whether the final policy retained calls to lift the Palestine Action ban and release people detained for nonviolent direct action. Polanski separately opposes that ban. His position doesn’t settle which clauses conference adopted.
  25. The Greens haven’t announced a date for another policy decision. Polanski has clarified that he would have opposed the motion as written, and the by-election has ended in defeat. His personal reservations leave the conference policy in place, while its application to Jewish and Zionist-identifying members remains unresolved.

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