Delegates at this year's Green Party conference have backed a motion stating that the party did not tolerate or endorse antisemitism, but only after radically cutting the original resolution.
The original motion said that antisemitism also included elements of anti-Zionism and called for the Greens to adopt the European Union's definition of antisemitism.
It also stated that Israel's right to exist was consistent with the Green Party's policies and called upon all party members to condemn antisemitism, when forced to share a platform with other speakers who express antisemitic views.
The motion caused some opposition within the party, which this week voted to appoint MEP Caroline Lucas as its first leader. Ms Lucas has in the past been a staunch supporter of the boycott of trade with Israel and chaired a session at a Palestine Solidarity Campaign congress.
