2026-10-05
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The Green Party of England and Wales approved a motion classifying Zionism,
the creed that supports the existence of the Jewish state, as a form of racism.
The motion, which calls for a single Palestinian state with equal rights for all,
was passed by 1,022 votes to 813 at the party's annual conference in Brighton.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the vote a stain on the history of the UK.
Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor, visited Kiev as Russia escalated attacks on the Ukrainian capital.