Senior Labour figures rule out coalition with Greens after party's Zionism vote

Senior figures in the UK Labour party have said it is very unlikely their party would cooperate with the Greens in the future, after the Green party adopted a policy treating Zionism as a form of racism, according to The Guardian.

One Labour minister said they could not foresee how the two parties could work together following the vote, while a government official separately said Labour should formally rule out any future coalition or other governing arrangement with the Greens, the report said.

The comments reflect a widening rift between the two parties over the Green party's position on Zionism, a term generally used to describe the movement supporting a Jewish state in the historic land of Israel. Characterising Zionism as racism is a position that has drawn criticism from a range of political and Jewish community figures, who argue it conflates a broad political movement with discriminatory intent.

The Guardian's report does not specify when the Green party adopted the policy or the exact wording of the resolution, nor does it detail whether Green party leadership has responded directly to the Labour officials' comments.

The exchange comes amid broader debate within UK politics over how parties position themselves on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an issue that has produced internal tension across several parties, including Labour itself, in recent years.