# Israel lashes out after UK Green Party defines Zionism as ‘racism’

https://mins.news/en/item/85657

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-04 20:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/israel-lashes-out-as-uks-green-party-formally-defines-zionism-as-racism?traffic_source=rss

> Israel and British Jewish groups have condemned the UK Green Party’s vote to define Zionism as racism. President Isaac Herzog called the move “a disgrace and a shame”, while Israel’s government said the policy gave legitimacy to terrorism. The motion passed 1,022 to 813, alongside renewed Green Party support for Palestinian liberation, BDS and a full arms embargo on Israel.

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