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Labour candidate condemns Green Party's 'Zionism is racism' motion ahead of by-election Submitted by Imran Mulla on Wed, 10/07/2026 - 14:01 Sagal Abdi-Wali makes declaration as her own views on Israel and Palestine come under scrutiny Labour Party candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali attends a campaign launch in London on 12 September 2026 (AFP) Off Labour's candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election has condemned the Green Party for declaring that Zionism is a form of racism, as her record on the issue of Israel and Palestine comes under scrutiny.  Sagal Abdi-Wali criticised the motion, which Green members voted to make policy over the weekend, telling the Evening Standard on Tuesday: "It has been brought up to me by people literally at the school gates this morning, of how like divisive they found that motion and how worried they are by it. "I think it's worrying for anyone who believes in a two-state solution." Abdi-Wali's main rival in the by-election, which is set to take place this Thursday, is Green Party leader Zack Polanski. According to an analysis by Tribune Magazine, Abdi-Wali did not publicly speak about Gaza "at any stage between October 7 2023 and her selection as Labour’s MP candidate. Repeated emails asking her to share letters or comments she has made have gone unanswered". (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Last month, however, she told the Guardian: "If Greens stir up community antagonisms over Gaza that would be disgraceful."  Abdi-Wali is the leader of the local Camden Council. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign found earlier this year that the council's pension fund held shares worth £104m ($137m) in companies it accused of being complicit in Israel's genocide in Gaza and occupation of Palestinian territory.  These companies included Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems. Camden Council has repeatedly resisted calls for divestment from pro-Palestine activists. Jewish Labour Movement Abdi-Wali has previously appeared in promotional material published by the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM), a group linked to an Israeli organisation that has helped establish illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian territory. Her chief whip in the council is Izzy Lenga, a vice chair of the JLM who has been photographed posing in an Israeli army uniform with an assault rifle. Jewish News reported in 2022 that Lenga had taken part in a basic training programme with the Israeli military. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The JLM is affiliated to the Labour Party and to the Zionist Federation UK (ZFUK), which is the UK affiliate of the World Zionist Organisation (WZO). The WZO has helped establish illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The JLM also says it organises "within" the WZO. Labour councillor defending seat in election posed with rifle in Israeli army uniform Read More » Lenga was previously the international officer on the JLM's national executive committee, "leading on the relationship with and engagement in Brit Etz (the World Labour Zionist Movement), our activity in the WZO and within the UK ZF", according to the group's website. A BBC documentary in September 2024 revealed that the WZO’s Settlement Division, responsible for managing land in the occupied Palestinian territories, had "repeatedly allocated land on which outposts have been built". It showed that in at least four cases, illegal Israeli outposts were built on land that the Settlement Division allocated. International uproar The Green Party triggered an international uproar by voting to declare Zionism a form of racism at its party conference in Brighton last weekend.  The vote by party members on Sunday makes it the first major party in the UK 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, rather than a two-state solution.  The Israeli government responded immediately by banning Green Party’s leader Polanski (who is himself Jewish), from entering Israel, accusing the Greens of antisemitism. The United States said it would make “representations” to the British government over the issue, suggesting it could amount to antisemitism.  The by-election in Holborn and St Pancras is due to take place on Thursday. UK Politics News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

JD Vance: Iran needs 'meaningful' reduction in enrichment to end war US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to satisfy US demands and end the countries’ seven-month war, even as Washington was unsure how Tehran makes decisions in negotiations. Vance, a longtime skeptic of US involvement in foreign wars, has taken a leading role in negotiating a settlement to the conflict and brokered a provisional peace agreement in June that quickly fell apart. The war has jolted global energy markets and become a political liability for US President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans ahead of November midterm elections. Vance said on Monday after a campaign trip in Alaska that any agreement would require Iran to reduce its nuclear enrichment capacity, rather than offer assurances of future nuclear drawdowns. "If you don't want a nuclear weapon, then why do you need 60 percent enriched fuel? And if you want to show commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, don't build highly enriched fuel. That's a very basic threshold issue," Vance said. "I think if they want to show a commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, they would do something meaningful on their enrichment capacity." Reporting by Reuters

The woman who survived a failed execution in a US prison last week is now conscious and speaking, but her prognosis remains unclear, her lawyers said on Tuesday. Christa Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death for a murder she committed when she was a teenager, received two supposedly lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital at a Tennessee prison a week ago.

As Israel gears up for its first elections since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents are putting it at the heart of their campaigns. Three years on, the worst security failure in Israel’s history now threatens to end the career of its longest-serving prime minister. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.

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