The Green Party has labelled Israel’s activity in Gaza a “genocide” and branded Israel an “apartheid” regime”.

Party members voted overwhelmingly to support a motion including the accusations at their autumn conference held in Manchester last weekend.

They also voted their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. 

The motion states: “We affirm our commitment to explicitly supporting BDS in our internal and external communications going forward.

“Supporting the BDS movement is essential to holding Israel accountable, to supporting Palestinians’ rights to equality and self-determination, and to demonstrating that our support, as a nation, is not performative.”

The motion was put forward by party members including Croydon councillor Ria Patel and the Greens’ equality and diversity coordinator Kefentse Dennis.