Greens promise action over antisemitism allegations

The Green Party leadership confirmed they had met Lord Mann last week.

They have issued a joint statement with him, committing to a “continued dialogue and working together to ensure that antisemitism, like all racism, has no place in Green politics”.

The statement adds: “The Green Party has taken a series of proactive steps towards these goals but understands that this will take consistent work going forward”.

This week the Jewish Chronicle reported that three parliamentary candidates shared “incendiary material” online.

The BBC has not been able to view the posts on social media, but has tried to contact all three people involved to ask if they wish to respond.

According to the Jewish Chronicle, Elizabeth Waight, the Green candidate in Bethnal Green and Stepney, re-posted a video on Instagram in March this year in which a woman said: “What’s left for the Zionists [is] to eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Palestinians… I think this will happen soon.”

The Jewish Chronicle also alleges that Chingford and Wood Green candidate Chris Brody uploaded links to an article that suggested that the 9/11 and October 7 terror attacks were “false flag operations executed to open the path toward more slaughter and mayhem”.

The newspaper also highlights Bristol East candidate Naseem Talukdar, who is said to have circulated comparisons between the Holocaust and the war in Gaza and “liked” a video clip in which anti-Israel activist David Miller says “we have to destroy Zionism”.