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Labour ends power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row
The Greens have been in direct coalition with Labour on a handful of councils, including Sheffield
The Labour Party has pulled out of power-sharing agreements with the Green Party in 11 local councils, after the national party adopted a policy defining Zionism as a form of racism.
Labour councillors will no longer be in coalition with the Greens in areas including Sheffield, Warwick and Lewes.
Labour Party chair Bridget Phillipson said: "Labour has been clear from the start that the "Zionism is Racism" policy crosses a line and we cannot work with any party that supports it – at any level of government."
The Green Party said it was "hugely disappointed" that Labour had forced local leaders into "jeopardising successful progressive partnerships that are delivering benefits for residents".
In a joint statement, the Green Party and the Local Government Association Green Group said "top-down directives to break up and disrupt locally-run services are not in the interests of the residents we represent.
"We trust local communities, local councillors and local leaders to know what is best for them. We ask that others do the same."
In October, Green Party members backed a motion, entitled "Zionism is racism", which said Zionism was an ideology that supported an "ethnonationalist Jewish State in historic Palestine". It also backed a "single democratic Palestinian State", including in modern-day Israel.
Having been backed by party members, the motion became Green Party policy, but it has left senior figures bitterly divided. Jewish groups and opposition political parties have condemned it.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told MPs in October that Labour would not partner with the Greens over the "antisemitic" policy.