In a troubling development, leaked WhatsApp messages from members of the Green Party’s Greens for Palestine faction surfaced, containing offensive remarks about Jewish people, labeling them as an “abomination to this planet.” This comes as the party prepares to vote on a contentious motion that could redefine its stance on Zionism as a form of racism.
The messages, which have been widely criticized as anti-Semitic, included baseless claims suggesting that Jewish individuals were responsible for an arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances in Golders Green earlier this week. These allegations have stirred significant concern within the party and beyond.
The upcoming vote at the Green Party’s spring conference was driven by the Greens for Palestine faction, which is pushing for a policy that categorizes Zionism as racist. This proposal has been met with apprehension, particularly among Jewish members, who fear it could pave the way for discrimination against them based on their religious beliefs and community involvement.
Among the shocking content of the leaked messages were accusations that Jewish people “murder, bomb, and starve” children, according to a report by The Telegraph. Such rhetoric has only added to the growing tension and scrutiny surrounding the faction’s activities.
Additionally, the messages expressed support for Dr. Rahmeh Aladwan, a former NHS doctor who recently faced legal charges for allegedly supporting Hamas and inciting racial hatred. This defense of a controversial figure has further fueled the debate within the party over its stance on anti-Semitism and related issues.
Members also discussed and defended the anti-Semitic former NHS doctor Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, who appeared in court yesterday charged with inviting support for Hamas and stirring up racial hatred.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism said it was investigating the activists’ comments, calling the views expressed in the Greens for Palestine group chat’ straight out of Nazi Germany’.
The Labour Party has urged Green leader Zack Polanski to take action against the members, calling the increase in anti-Semitic comments ‘deeply troubling’ and the language ‘utterly appalling’.
Tope Olawoyin (pictured), a Green councillor candidate, shared a post on the day of the Golders Green Jewish ambulance arson attacks, calling it an ‘inside job’ and said she could ‘say with almost absolute certainty that the men arrested are white, probably even Jewish’
Green Party leader Zack Polanski (pictured) appeared on Ms Olawoyin’s podcast during the 2024 election campaign
Last month, a briefing document was reportedly shared with Green activists warning them not to post anti-Semitic comments online. Greens for Palestine had told supports not to ‘take the bait’ and ask themselves: ‘What would this look like on the front page of a newspaper?’
But despite these warnings, supporters’ leaked messages showed them describing Jewish people as an ‘abomination’ and even questioning whether the Jewish community carried out the arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances in Golders Green this week, debating whether it was ‘staged’ to blame Iran.
Other comments defended the suspended NHS doctor Rahmeh Aladwan, who is currently on trial for stirring up racial hatred and inviting support for terror group Hamas – who were behind the murder of about 1200 Israelis on October 7.
Discussing a video shared by the doctor on X, in which she described protestors in Golders Green as Jews and not Zionists, one person wrote: ‘No, she is going to call out the people who have destroyed her and her family. They were Jews and we shouldn’t be afraid to say it. They were Jewish supremacists.
‘She is using the correct description. It’s us who have been scared into using the word Zionists because of the fear of being labelled anti-Semites.
‘Enough of being scared of hurting their feelings while they murder, bomb and starve children.’
A Green Party spokesperson told the Daily Mail: ‘This exchange does not represent Green Party views’.
Tope Olawoyin, a Green councillor candidate running for the seat in Havering, east London at the local elections on May 7, shared a post on X on the day of the attacks.
The conspiratorial post claimed there was ‘proof that the Golders Green ambulance attack was an inside job’ and another that said ‘as a false flag, Golders Green arson has been a monumental disaster’.
A ‘false flag’ refers to an attack that was intended to look as though it was carried out by an opponent, but was actually staged by the victimised group themselves.
Ms Olawoyin later shared news of the arrest of two men in connection with the attack and added: ‘I can say with almost absolute certainty that the men arrested are white, probably even Jewish, because we all know for a fact that if they weren’t their names and pictures would be EVERYWHERE.’
The Metropolitan police arrested a 47-year-old and a 45-year-old, both British nationals, who were later released on bail.
Ms Olawoyin is events officer on the executive committee of the London Green Party, the leader Zack Polanski’s branch. He also appeared on her podcast during the 2024 election campaign.
Under Mr Polanski’s leadership, the Greens have attracted more far-Left activists and moved away from its traditional roots in environmentalism.
Born into a Jewish family in Salford, Mr Polanski has constantly said he is ‘proud of my Jewish heritage’, but his family members, who spoke to the Mail, believe he has put his ambition and politics ahead of his community.
One member of Mr Polanski’s extended family told the Mail: ‘He’s currently the leader of the future Islamic party of Britain, that’s what the Green Party is fast becoming,’ said one. ‘And there would be no place for Jews in an Islamic state of Britain.’
A motion to be debated today at the Party’s spring conference would see the Greens formally declare themselves an anti-Zionist party, ignoring definitions of anti-Semitism that Mr Polanski once tried to get the Greens to adopt, which equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism.
The motion also calls for sanctions on Israel and support for ‘resistance and liberation from Israeli occupation’, effectively backing Hamas attacks.
The Jewish Greens – which Mr Polanski was once a member of – say the motion would ‘for many Jews, come across as an attack on that very basic right of aspiring to lead a safe and secure life’.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism said the Green Party was ‘not only tolerating but amplifying some of the worst rhetoric that we have seen in British politics in a generation’.
The Daily Mail contacted Greens for Palestine for comment.
