"I genuinely thought the Green Party was supposed to be different, and was promising a beacon of hope in the dark, ugly world of British party politics. Instead, they have fallen at what feels like the first hurdle in Labour's attempts to recreate the Corbyn antisemitism psychodrama of some years ago."
"If we are to change politics for the good, we must do things differently. We must not be unafraid to say what establishment politics has disallowed: that Zionism is racism, that opposing a fascistic, apartheid state is not racism, it is not antisemitic, it is not conflating all Jewish people with the Netanyahu regime."
A Croydon election candidate, Mr. Adderley, will appear on the ballot as a Green Party member despite being suspended by the national party. No formal fault has been found, and his membership remains intact. Allegations arose from posts comparing Israel to Nazi Germany and suggesting its responsibility for attacks against Jewish people. Following backlash, he condemned the party for its actions, asserting that opposing apartheid is not antisemitic. The Croydon Green Party mistakenly continued to support him on social media despite the suspension.
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