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The Green Party votes to adopt a policy that Zionism is racism.

The Green Party of England and Wales votes to adopt a policy that Zionism is racist

Members of the Green Party of England and Wales have voted to define Zionism as racist. Four of the five Green MPs had voiced public opposition to the motion - which described Zionism as an ideology in support of "an ethnonationalist Jewish state". Also: The government says dropping Sir Keir Starmer's plan to scrap some jury trials will speed up the process of bringing down the backlog in the courts. And the actor Gillian Anderson has asked some avid fans not to repeatedly sit in the front row of her latest theatre show in London's West End, saying it was "so distracting".

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