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Greens investigate party member behind Zionism motion
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- The Green Party has launched an investigation into member Lubna Speitan after court documents revealed she was listed as a "close friend" of Minh Quang Pham, who was jailed for supporting al-Qaeda.
- Speitan denied the allegations on Instagram, calling them defamatory and a distraction from issues like racism, Zionism, and the treatment of Palestinians.
- The party recently passed a motion supporting a "single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine," which has caused internal debate and criticism from former Green Party leader Adrian Ramsay.
- A 2015 letter from Speitan surfaced, in which she offered to testify in defense of Pham during his trial, praising his character despite his criminal conviction; there is no evidence she knew of his illegal activities at the time.
- The Green Party emphasized that members expressing views contrary to party values are subject to internal investigation, which is currently ongoing in Speitan's case.
