Britain's Green Party votes to class Zionism as a form of racism
Britain's Green Party voted on Sunday to class Zionism as a form of racism, drawing criticism from British Jews and from the Israeli government which said it now viewed the party as "a body that gives legitimacy to terrorism".
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Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism
Motion that has alarmed some Jewish members is passed by 1,022 votes to 813 at party’s annual conference in Brighton
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The Greens have formally adopted a policy which equates Zionism with racism, a move that will dismay the bulk of the party’s MPs and that has alarmed some Jewish members.
A vote at the party’s annual conference on Brighton about whether to back a motion which calls for Zionism, the movement for a Jewish state, to be “treated as any other form of racism”, saw it passed by 1,022 votes to 813. Continue reading...
Sam Walker tops off NRL glory with Kangaroos call-up for Rugby League World Cup
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Roosters’ halfback among six debutants in Kevin Walters’ squad
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Isaah Yeo and Isabelle Kelly named men’s and women’s captains
Isaah Yeo will delay pectoral surgery to be captain for Australia’s Rugby League World Cup campaign, after coach Kevin Walters announced a 23-man squad that includes Sydney Roosters halfback Sam Walker.
Fresh off NRL premiership glory, Walker, who is one of six debutants in the squad, will be locked in a four-way battle with Cameron Munster, Tom Dearden and Mitchell Moses for a spot in the Kangaroos’ halves. Continue reading...
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