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Israel lashes out as UK’s Green Party formally defines Zionism as ‘racism’
Source: Al Jazeera
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- The Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think | Jonathan Freedland
- As it happened: Israel condemns Green party passing ‘Zionism is racism’ as a ‘stain on history of UK’
- Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism
- Green Party members back 'Zionism is racism' motion
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