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Is Zack Polanski nervous?

New Statesman·Ailbhe Rea·about 1 month ago
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Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images The Green Party is facing a test on anti-Semitism in the run-up to the local elections, with a number of candidates accused of anti-Jewish sentiment in their social media posts. “Ramming a synagogue isn’t anti-Semitism. It’s revenge,” one candidate in Lambeth shared; “Jewish Nazis” are “money-grubbing thieves”, wrote another candidate in Newcastle, who uses the alias “The Real Anne Frank”. In a quite extraordinary development, Mothin Ali, the deputy leader of the Green Party, has encouraged some of the candidates suspended over accusations of anti-Semitism to take legal action against the party. The  Times  revealed this morning that, in leaked recordings, he told Greens for Palestine members that he was “very worried” about the suspensions. “We need to get some serious legal advice. We need to make sure that we are putting the party on notice straight away, and we need to start with some class action. Because it won’t be the end.…

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