The Green Party has been accused of whipping up divisions over the war in Gaza as part of their electoral campaign.

A letter distributed to residents of the new Bristol Central constituency, a seat contested by Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, contains the Palestinian flag and images of destruction.

Labour Friends of Israel board member and former MP for Liverpool Riverside, Dame Louise Ellman attacked the Green Party describing the letter as a “disguised political leaflet.”

She added that “this ought to be a time when progressive politicians are working to bring communities together. Instead, the Greens are purposefully stirring division, which is made more worrying by vile antisemitic incidents relating to a number of Green candidates, including one in Bristol.”

Ellman issued a stern warning, saying that “I have seen what it looks like when a political party turns a blind eye to antisemitism and the damage it does to society. It is time the Greens finally take this issue seriously.”

The letter singles out Labour’s Thangam Debbonaire, shadow culture secretary who is also contesting the new seat, saying that “we feel let down by Labour and our local Labour MP in particular. She followed Keir Starmer’s order to abstain from voting for a ceasefire in parliament.”

The Green Party has enjoyed recent electoral success in Bristol and at this May’s local elections became the largest party on Bristol City Council.

However, the Greens have been under fire for the conduct of some members. They were forced to abandon a potential candidate in Bristol East after the JC exposed that he compared Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. The Board of Deputies today urged the Green Party to do better when vetting candidates.