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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
A man puts up 'polling station' signs at a makeshift polling station set up at St John's Parish Hall in central London on May 7, 2026, as polls open for local elections. (Peter Nicholls / AFP)
May 7, 2026, 10:13 am
UK holds local elections, with left- and right-wing populist parties expected to surge
Polls show PM Starmer’s Labour losing ground amid discontent and Epstein scandal, pushing Polanski’s anti-Israel Greens and Farage’s anti-immigrant Reform UK to the forefront
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Green Party supporters carry placards at their General Election Manifesto launch - Real Hope, Real Change, at Sussex County Cricket Ground in Hove, East Sussex, England, June 12, 2024.(Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
May 6, 2026, 10:48 am
UK Green Party said to probe dozens of council candidates over antisemitism
More than 30 under investigation, party introducing new fast-track system to handle cases, report says; Greens say number is only fraction of their 4,500 candidates; its Jewish leader has suggested PM Starmer is on ‘Zionist’ payroll
By ToI Staff
Green Party party leader Zack Polanski sits alongside the party's newly elected MP Hannah Spencer during a a press conference following her win in the Gorton and Denton by-election, in Manchester, England, February 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
May 2, 2026, 6:28 pm
Israel’s deputy FM: ‘Extremist’ UK Green Party leader ‘legitimizes violence against Jews’
Sharren Haskel denounces Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, after he shared criticism of London police over the arrest of terror attack suspect; his party is embroiled in multiple antisemitism scandals
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty as people attend a rally organized by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, opposite Downing Street in central London on April 30, 2026, following the stabbing of two Jewish men the day before in the Golders Green neighborhood of north London. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
May 2, 2026, 12:27 pm
Top UK cop: Jews facing greatest ever threat; Starmer mulls banning some anti-Israel protests
Days after Golders Green stabbing, London police chief Mark Rowley seeks funding for 300 armed officers to protect city’s Jewish community, cites ‘epidemic’ of antisemitism
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Green Party poster displaying in a window in London on April 29, 2026. (Carl Court/Getty Images via JTA)
May 2, 2026, 12:20 pm
UK Green Party candidate posts about killing Zionists from Anne Frank parody account
Tina Ion refers to ‘Jewish Nazis’ as ‘money grubbing thieves’ in her posts; party hit with spate of antisemitism claims; two candidates held for ‘stirring up racial hatred online’
By Shira Li Bartov and Grace Gilson
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)
April 10, 2026, 3:42 pm
Jewish leader of UK’s Green Party calls to end trade, diplomatic ties with Israel
Zack Polanski also says Britain should block the US from using its airspace for strikes on Iran and ‘disentangle’ the two countries’ militaries
By Shira Li Bartov
Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer poses for a selfie with Green Party leader Zack Polanski after winning the Gorton and Denton Parliamentary by-election, at Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, England, on February 27, 2026. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
February 27, 2026, 4:42 pm
UK Green Party’s election upset is a crippling blow to Labour – and a major boon to anti-Zionism
As ruling Labour comes in a dismal third in Manchester’s heavily Muslim district of Gorton and Denton, voters seem to heed the BDS-supporting Greens’ call to punish Starmer for supporting Gaza ‘genocide’
By Robert Philpot
Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer, right, celebrates with party leader Zack Polanski at a volunteer event after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election, Manchester, England, February 27, 2026. (AP/Jon Super)
February 27, 2026, 11:55 am
UK’s anti-Israel Green Party wins special parliamentary election, taking seat long held by Labour
Manchester race won by Hannah Spencer whose Greens, led by Jewish politician Zack Polanski, accuse Israel of genocide and support arms embargo; hard-right Reform takes 2nd place
By AP and ToI Staff
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