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Thursday, April 9, 2026
UK Green Party head, who is Jewish, calls for ‘robust sanctions on Israel,’ end to ‘genocide’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUK Green Party leader Zack Polanski calls for the British government to put “robust sanctions on Israel” and “end the genocide” in an address opening his faction’s local election campaign.
“What is it going to take for this government to actually put robust sanctions on Israel?” he asks the crowd, adding that “it is outrageous Israel is still enjoying diplomatic and trade privileges from the international community.”
Polanski calls on London to “withdraw the UK-Israel trade agreement and to end the genocide.”
Polanski, who is Jewish, has accused Israel of genocide in Gaza, called for the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a warrant from the International Criminal Court, and condemned Israel’s “horrendous and illegal” airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites and ballistic missile program during the June 2025 war.
Polanski grew up in a home he described as “very Zionist,” but has said that Israel has since “changed,” and that he is now “certainly not a Zionist.”
???? WATCH: Zack Polanski launches the Green Party’s local election campaign
“We are calling on the Government to withdraw the UK-Israel trade agreement and end the genocide” pic.twitter.com/W7QdGCmire
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) April 9, 2026
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