To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
This video can not be played
Polanski challenged over whether he thinks Israel has right to existCloseGreen Party leader Zack Polanski has defended his decision to miss a debate at his party's conference on a controversial motion declaring Zionism a form of racism.
Questioned by presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he denied deliberately avoiding the debate, saying he had been campaigning in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
The motion, which was passed by party members, defined Zionism as an ideology supporting an "ethnonationalist Jewish state" and backed a single democratic Palestinian state encompassing present-day Israel.
- SubsectionPolitics
- Published51 minutes ago
Related topics
- Zack PolanskiFollow Zack Polanskiclose panelYou are now following Zack PolanskiUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.
- Green Party (England and Wales)Follow Green Party (England and Wales)close panelYou are now following Green Party (England and Wales)Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.
