Greens could face Brighton Centre ban over Zionism motion

Zionism is the belief in the right to a Jewish homeland.

Sankey went on to accuse the Green Party’s leadership of a “dereliction of duty”, adding “the Brighton Centre is owned by all of us in the city and should never be a place where people feel excluded due to their religion or beliefs”.

Green Party sources have rejected Sankey’s characterisation of the motion.

Polanski, who is Jewish, said that antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli state “are, and must always be, completely distinct – blurring the line between the two is not only wrong but antisemitic, and makes Jewish people less safe”.

He added: “It’s our role as a movement for justice to protect both the rights of Palestinians and our Jewish communities here in the UK.”

The Brighton Centre was used by both the Greens and Liberal Democrats to host their autumn conferences this year.

The venue has also hosted Labour’s annual gathering in previous years.

In 2017, the council’s then-leader, Warren Morgan, who also represented Labour, threatened to ban his own party from holding its conference at the venue , externalover concerns that anti-semitic views had been aired.

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