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Members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted at their Brighton conference to recognise Zionism as a form of racism and to back a single democratic Palestinian state with equal rights for all ethnic and religious groups, making it the first major UK party to take such a position. Israel's government strongly condemned the vote, with its foreign ministry and president accusing the party of legitimising terrorism and spreading an 'antisemitic lie' that endangers Jews and Israelis. The vote highlights growing polarization in Western political debate over Israel-Palestine policy and marks a notable shift away from mainstream two-state-solution positions within a major UK party.