On 14 April 2026, the Telegraph’s Tony Diver reported that the Green Party is supporting candidates who’ve been smeared as ‘antisemites’ by Zionists in the UK media.
In the past, the Green Party would have shied away from responding to this. Even worse, they wouldn’t have supported their candidates in the first place.
In a refreshing change of pace, however, deputy leader Mothin Ali hit back with the following:
Thanks for highlighting this Tony.
If anyone has been affected by the unfair smears, please do reach out https://t.co/H6CMaaUq0q— Mothin Ali (@MothinAli) April 14, 2026
Unbowed and unapologetic, as he should be.
Green Party finally step in
For clarity’s sake, a ‘Zionist’ is someone who supports the project of Israel existing as an ethno-nationalist settler colonial project with aims to expand outwards into the wider Middle East.
Here is a senior Israeli minister detailing this – a project they refer to as ‘Greater Israel’:
The plan for a Greater Israel extending over the West Bank into Lebanon and Syria laid out with great clarity by a senior government minister. This is of course completely illegal, goes against all the stipulations of International Law and should lead to immediate sanctions https://t.co/yw02xIpXDx
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) April 9, 2026
Importantly, ‘Zionist’ does not equal ‘Jewish person’.
This is demonstrable in that not all Jewish people are Zionists and not all Zionists are Jewish.
Many non-Jewish politicians are Zionists – particularly those in the Labour Friends of Israel and Conservative Friends of Israel groups:
Members of Labour Friends of Israel, before that grotesque organisation hid their names. https://t.co/VKiRnwtxMk pic.twitter.com/AiiKxsMWLZ
— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) April 8, 2026
The UK’s mainstream media is Zionist given that its output aligns with the expansionist aims of the Greater Israel project:
“The IDF are sniping children in the head.”
British ‘Journalist’ : “Israel are one of our allies…”
“The IDF soldiers were ordered to shoot at Gazans who were waiting for food.”
British ‘Journalist’ : How can we not support our allies? pic.twitter.com/mmi1rERw55
— Nadira Ali
(@Nadira_ali12) April 14, 2026
There are many reasons why we’ve ended up in this situation, including:
- Israel is a key partner to the US, and the UK is subservient to America.
- The Israel lobby has proven to be incredibly effective at making connections within the UK establishment.
“He’s one of the best on the inside…”
Shai Masot of the Israeli Embassy sings the praises of new Labour candidate Luke Akehurst and his lobby group in the Al Jazeera documentary The Lobby.pic.twitter.com/pikfMwOJCB
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) May 29, 2024
The way that UK Zionists push back against their critics is simple and well-documented; they accuse anti-Zionists of being antisemites.
For a time, this strategy was highly effective.
Following Israel’s genocide in Gaza, however, the tide has turned.
This is why we’re seeing high-ranking British politicians pushing back against the status quo.
The Candidate Media Smears Support Group
Diver drew attention to the following internal message within the Greens for Palestine group:
Diver also drew attention to the following response from Ali:
The Telegraph’s dwindling audience may read the above and see antisemitism, but only because they haven’t yet woken up from the genocidal nightmare our media dreamed into existence.
Everyone else can understand that Zionism and the British media are toxic.
Of course a political party should defend its candidates against both.
But this wasn’t always the case.
In the 2024 election, the Green Party dropped a number of candidates who criticised Israel. Among them was the Canary’s Maddison Wheeldon:
[Wheeldon] first put herself forward as a Green candidate, but later heard that she wasn’t going to have their backing. She said this was because of her very outspoken position in support of Palestine and against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. As she highlighted, “there’s this bully atmosphere that we’re… seeing across the media – this intimidation atmosphere” that makes people want to hold their tongues on Palestine. But she isn’t one to back down. And this strength of character meant she had strong support after her break with the Greens
Wheeldon had support because people could see that what Israel was doing was wrong.
Now, the number of people awake to this reality is so great that we can no longer be ignored.
The battle continues
What we’re seeing with the Green Party did not happen overnight.
Opinions shifted on Zionism because of the activists who took a stand against it.
Many of those standing up found themselves smeared and ruined; many were abandoned by the institutions which should have protected them.
While the Green Party has greatly improved, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a ways to go. We’ve criticised the party’s handling of their ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion, and we’ll continue to criticise them wherever we see a need to do so.
Today, though, we’re celebrating the stand they’ve taken against the British media, and we’re offering our full solidarity to the candidates who are bearing the brunt of the attacks.
They should know they’re not alone, and that we’ll be with them every step of the way.
Featured image via Green Party
By Willem Moore
From Canary via This RSS Feed.