Zack Polanski

Burnham calls out the Greens’ antizionism – but is his hostility to Israel much better?

While Polanski et al can only shout about the Jewish state, Labour can – and does – go after it. Isn’t the worse villain then the government that is actually sanctioning Jerusalem?

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October 9, 2026 14:45

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham (Image: Getty Images)

Exclusive: Government’s independent adviser on antisemitism calls for EHRC probe into Green Party

Lord Mann slammed Zack Polanski for ‘running away’ from his party’s ‘Zionism is racism’ debate

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 9, 2026 14:21

Stickers against fascism are displayed on day one of the Green Party annual conference at Brighton Centre on October 2, 2026 in Brighton (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Has the Greens’ Zionism is Racism motion dented their electoral appeal?

What voters at a Holborn and St Pancras polling station yesterday’s by-election told us

By Jamie Shapiro

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October 9, 2026 12:48

A Green Party placard in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency, which the party's leader Zac Polanski failed to capture from Labour

Polanski slammed for claiming he opposed ‘Zionism is racism’ motion

Head of Jewish Greens calls for Polanski’s resignation following by-election defeat

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 9, 2026 09:57

Zack Polanski listens to the Labour Party candidate, Sagal Abdi-Wali, give her acceptance speech after her victory in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Polanski faces leadership crisis as Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election

Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali beat the Green Party leader by more than 3,000 votes

By JC Reporter

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October 9, 2026 06:37

Green Party candidate, Zack Polanski (C), attends the count declaration in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on October 9, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Bring in ‘firewall’ against the Greens, Britain’s parties told

After ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, politicians face calls to adopt policy similar to refusal to share power with AfD in Germany

By Jane Prinsley

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October 7, 2026 11:14

Green Party leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at the Green Party annual conference at Brighton Centre on October 2, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

Zack Polanski’s claim his ancestors fled Nazis questioned as all grandparents ‘were born in the UK’

The Green Party said Jewish family history is ‘often confusing and muddled’ and criticised those questioning the claim as trying to ‘discredit’ its leader

By Daniel Ben-David

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October 6, 2026 16:47

Zack Polanski delivers his speech during day one of the Green Party annual conference at Brighton Centre on October 2 (Image: Getty Images)

MPs report Green Party to police and equalities watchdog over potential acts of anti-Jewish discrimination

‘Zionists not welcome’ chants and ‘Zionism is racism’ policy prompt action from 18 Labour parliamentarians

By JC Reporter

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October 6, 2026 14:32

US antisemitism envoy to make ‘representations’ to UK ministers over Green antizionist motion

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun suggested that the motion could fall within the IHRA definition of antisemitism

By JC Reporter

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October 6, 2026 09:53

President Donald Trump and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun light a candle during an October 7 remembrance event in 2024 (Getty Images)

Sir Ed Davey facing calls to rule out local council alliances between Liberal Democrats and Greens

Zack Polanski will not overturn Greens’ ‘Zionism is racism’ motion because it is ‘not controversial’

Equalities watchdog writes to Greens over impact of ‘Zionism is racism’ policy

Reject antisemitic ‘Zionism is racism’ policy or local government power-sharing deals will end, Labour tell Greens

Revealed: How extremists took over the Greens to impose an antizionist agenda

Labour must rule out electoral pacts with the Greens who have embraced antisemitic dogma

Zack Polanski says Palestinians have been ‘slaughtered en masse’

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Sir Ed Davey facing calls to rule out local council alliances between Liberal Democrats and Greens

Zack Polanski will not overturn Greens’ ‘Zionism is racism’ motion because it is ‘not controversial’

Equalities watchdog writes to Greens over impact of ‘Zionism is racism’ policy

Reject antisemitic ‘Zionism is racism’ policy or local government power-sharing deals will end, Labour tell Greens

Revealed: How extremists took over the Greens to impose an antizionist agenda

Labour must rule out electoral pacts with the Greens who have embraced antisemitic dogma

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Burnham calls out the Greens’ antizionism – but is his hostility to Israel much better?

Exclusive: Government’s independent adviser on antisemitism calls for EHRC probe into Green Party

Has the Greens’ Zionism is Racism motion dented their electoral appeal?

Polanski slammed for claiming he opposed ‘Zionism is racism’ motion

Polanski faces leadership crisis as Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election

Bring in ‘firewall’ against the Greens, Britain’s parties told

Zack Polanski’s claim his ancestors fled Nazis questioned as all grandparents ‘were born in the UK’

MPs report Green Party to police and equalities watchdog over potential acts of anti-Jewish discrimination

US antisemitism envoy to make ‘representations’ to UK ministers over Green antizionist motion