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Zack Polanski

Bruised by election defeat and anti-Zionism row, UK Greens leader says he’s staying
Green Party leader Zack Polanski gives a speech in St Pancras Gardens as he continues his campaign ahead of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, in London, October 3, 2026. (Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters)
By AP
After heavily losing to Labour in race for former PM's seat, Zack Polanski will have difficulty presiding over his fast-growing party ahead of next year's leadership vote
Britain’s leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, campaigns in London on September 12, 2026, ahead of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to determine who will replace former prime minister Keir Starmer as local MP. (Toby Shepheard/AFP)
October 9, 2026, 6:35 am
Anti-Israel Greens’ chief Polanski loses UK parliamentary election to Labour candidate
Jewish politician gets only 33% of vote for seat vacated by former prime minister Keir Starmer in central London, days after his party declared ‘Zionism is racism’ and Israel should disappear
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A photo Dan Levene posted after reporting that he was assaulted by anti-Israel graffiti artists, October 7, 2026. (Dan Levene/X)
October 8, 2026, 10:43 pm
Jewish man says he was beaten after confronting anti-Israel vandals in London
Victim says he was attacked when he disrupted graffiti artist calling Labour candidate ‘puppet of genocidal Israel’; police said treating incident as antisemitic hate crime
By ToI Staff
Britain’s Green Party leader Zack Polanski attends a Green Party conference in Brighton, Britain, October 2, 2026. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)
October 8, 2026, 5:21 pm
‘Moment of truth’: UK’s Jewish, anti-Israel Green Party leader faces key electoral test in London
Zack Polanski is at a political crossroads as voters in central London go to the polls for a special election during a week in which his party declared ‘Zionism is racism’
By Robert Philpot
A Green Party political sign put up by the householder to show support ahead of local council elections in London, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
October 7, 2026, 10:53 am
In UK, ‘Jewish Greens’ chief mulls quitting party over ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion
Vivien Lichtenstein, Green Party veteran who heads Jewish faction, says policy won’t help Palestinians, could put Jewish members at risk; group’s secretary calls resolution ‘colonial’
By Shira Li Bartov
Britain’s Green Party leader Zack Polanski attends a Green Party conference in Brighton, Britain, October 2, 2026. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)
October 5, 2026, 11:09 am
UK Jews ‘appalled’ as Green Party brands Zionism as racism, calls to erase Israel
Leading organizations describe the resolution as an ‘antisemitic platform’ and an ‘attack on the Jewish community,’ accuse the party of embracing extremism
By Zev Stub
Britain’s Green Party leader Zack Polanski attends a Green Party conference in Brighton, Britain, October 2, 2026. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)
October 4, 2026, 9:01 pm
UK’s Green Party declares ‘Zionism is racism,’ calls for Palestine to replace Israel
Israel bans Jewish leader Zack Polanski, says party legitimizing terrorists; resolution claims Zionism privileges one group while subjugating others; some Green MPs come out against move
By Lazar Berman
Green Party leader Zack Polanski gives a speech in St Pancras Gardens as he continues his campaign ahead of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, in London, October 3, 2026. (Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters)
October 3, 2026, 5:56 pm
UK Greens to vote on motion declaring ‘Zionism is Racism,’ calling to dismantle Israel
Far-left party’s Jewish, anti-Israel leader says he will support motion if amended to allow possibility of two-state solution, ensure Jewish members who belong to Zionist synagogues are not expelled
By ToI Staff
Britain’s leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, addresses supporters, one of whom is holding a Palestinian flag, during a rally in south London, on June 24, 2026. (Henry NICHOLLS/AFP)
September 11, 2026, 2:25 pm
Anti-Israel Green leader Polanski will contest Starmer’s old seat in UK Parliament
Jewish head of party embroiled in antisemitism scandals will run in Holborn and St. Pancras by-election on Oct. 8; two years ago, an independent anti-Israel candidate got 19% of the vote there, and Greens got 10%
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pro-Israel counter-protesters face the main protest against the Great Israeli Real Estate Event at Edgware United Synagogue on June 14, 2026 in London. (Denise Baker/Getty Images via JTA)
June 18, 2026, 12:37 pm
UK organizers of Israel real estate fair apologize after West Bank properties surface
Real estate agent says anti-Israel activists set her up by emailing requests for Ma’ale Adumim flyers, which she handed over ‘under the table’; 14 protesters arrested outside venue
By Kelly Hartog
Britain's newly announced leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, reacts after being announced as the party's new leader, at a media event in central London on September 2, 2025. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
June 4, 2026, 8:29 am
UK Greens’ Jewish, anti-Israel leader backs ‘monitoring’ British-Israeli IDF soldiers
Zack Polanski signs open letter citing ‘public interest’ to demand disclosure of service in IDF, potential extra screening for all travelers with Israeli documents or arriving from Israel
By ToI Staff
Green Party leader Zack Polanski (right) celebrates with the Greens' Zoe Garbett after she was declared the winner in the 2026 London Borough of Hackney mayoral election at Hackney Service Centre, east London, May 8, 2026. (Reuters via PA)
May 9, 2026, 3:27 pm
UK Jews worry as Green Party rise sees election of candidates accused of antisemitism
Jewish residents of Hackney in east London voice concern as Greens win mayoralty and council control; several Green party candidates accused of antisemism win election elsewhere, as does a Holocaust-denier from the soaring hard-right Reform party
By ToI Staff
Green Party leader Zack Polanski (C) celebrates with the party's newly elected Mayor of Lewisham, Liam Shrivastava (centre R), and supporters, outside the count center in Lewisham, south London, on May 8, 2026. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)
May 9, 2026, 12:23 pm
Anti-Israel Greens win 2 mayoralties, 5 councils in UK local elections; hard-right Reform is big winner
Farage’s Reform would be largest party in Parliament if general elections were held today; Polanski’s Green Party, engulfed in antisemitism scandals, wins mayoralty and council control in London’s Hackney, home to large ultra-Orthodox community
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Britain's Reform Party leader Nigel Farage shows his socks as he arrives at a polling station in Walton on the Naze, England, May 7, 2026 to cast his vote in the local elections.(AP Photo/Richard Pelham)
May 8, 2026, 4:41 pm
In UK local elections, anti-immigrant Reform soars; anti-Israel Greens rise, win 2 mayoralties
Starmer says he won’t quit; new mayor of Hackney reportedly blocked letter praising London police for response to antisemitic attack; Farage says results show ‘truly historic shift’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Green Party leader Zack Polanski, center, and former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn (far left) join protesters holding placards and waving flags as they take part in a march against the far right in central London on March 28, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/AFP)
May 8, 2026, 3:30 pm
UK Greens engulfed in antisemitism scandals as Jewish leader Polanski targets historic local election gains
Polanski made anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian politics a centerpiece of his party’s platform, and he and many of his party’s candidates are also alleged to have engaged in antisemitism
By Shira Li Bartov
Britain's Reform Party leader Nigel Farage arrives at a polling station in Walton on the Naze, England, on May 7, 2026 to cast his vote in the local elections.(AP/Richard Pelham)
May 8, 2026, 8:45 am
UK Labour dealt blow as far-right Reform surges, Greens gain in local elections
PM Starmer’s party loses control of at least eight councils, 200+ seats in total; Reform’s Farage hails ‘historic change’ in UK politics
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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