Campaign group urges people to join UK Green party over 'Zionism is racism' stance, Guardian finds

A group called Greens for Palestine has been encouraging people to join the UK Green party specifically to support the position that "Zionism is racism," according to a Guardian investigation, which also identified links between the group and activists who argue that pro-Israel "infiltrators" should be removed from the party.

The Guardian reports that some Green party members have grown increasingly concerned that the party could be manipulated by outside activists seeking to push it toward a more extreme position on the issue, rather than through the party's usual internal democratic processes.

A contested issue within the party

The Green party, like other UK political parties, includes members with a wide range of views on Israel and Palestine, and the extent to which Greens for Palestine represents a broader current within the membership was not established in the report.

Neither the Green party nor Greens for Palestine issued a detailed public response to the specific findings as reported by the Guardian. The investigation adds to a broader debate within UK political parties over how internal factions organise around the Israel-Palestine conflict and how parties manage internal disagreement on the issue.