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Ex-Welsh Green Party deputy says Zionism motion 'pointless' after quitting party
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- Polanski banned from Israel after party's motion declaring 'Zionism is racism'
- Jewish Greens chair says she could leave party over 'Zionism is racism' motion
- UK Green Party votes to define Zionism as ‘racism’
- Green party of England and Wales facing international ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
- I won't accept exclusion within Green Party, says Polanski after criticism of Zionism motion
- Green member behind Zionism motion named as 'close friend' of jailed al-Qaeda supporter in court
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