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Zack Polanski
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Zack Polanski
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Green Party Leader.
London Assembly Member.
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- Zack Polanski repostedSolidarity with refugees across the globe ππWe know that hope is stronger than hate. This Refugee Week we stand together in solidarity against those who seek to divide us.00:00
- Zack Polanski repostedZack Polanski urges London Mayor to take action after stolen Palestinian land advertised for sale in a pro-Israel event Via @OsoSabioUK
- Zack Polanski repostedHuge congratulations to all @lambeth_council staff in our Sanctuary Services Team who have worked incredibly hard to win reaccreditation as a Borough of Sanctuary ensuring sanctuary seekers are welcomed and supported in Lambeth. ππΌππΌππΌ #RefugeeWeek
- Zack Polanski repostedI visited @LewishamGreens recently with our wonderful candidate Esther Lie and our fantastic mayor of Lewisham @LiamShrivastava who took me to see this wonderful community garden built on a scrap bit of land! The problem is the solution!00:00
- Zack Polanski repostedThere is now clear evidence that the Great Israeli Real Estate event had unlawful activity at it. I've written to the Mayor of London to ask what he intends to do about it. This needs to be escalated immediately.π ALT TEXT: During Mayor's Question Time last week I asked you to put pressure on the government to ban the βunlawfulβ βGreat Israeli Real Estate.β You clarified that you had discussed the event with the Metropolitan Police Service and stated that any allegations of criminality relating to the potentially unlawful sale of property at the event would be assessed by the Met as part of an investigation. It has since come to light that materials handed out at the βGreat Israeli Real Estateβ event included properties in Ma'Ale Adumin and Givat Zeev in the West Bank and Ramat Eshkol and Givat HaMatos in East Jerusalem. These settlements are illegal under international law. This event should never have been allowed to happen in our city. There was substantial evidence ahead of the event that organisers were advertising properties in illegal settlements. More than 100 organisations, including human rights groups, as well as over 100 MPs called for the βGreat Israeli Real Estateβ event t
- Abolish the House of Lords. And racism.A French friend phones. I tell him Iβm surprised that he is not watching the France-SΓ©nΓ©gal match. He makes a peculiarly Gallic noise that I can describe only as a vocal shrug. βThe legal immigrants are playing the illegal immigrants.β
- Zack Polanski repostedWe know that hope is stronger than hate. This Refugee Week we stand together in solidarity against those who seek to divide us.00:00
- Zack Polanski repostedThis event should never have gone ahead. Now there is a prima facie case that people were advertising land in illegal settlements contrary to law. Referring this to the ASA is wholly inappropriate and completely inadequate. The government needs to act.
- Zack Polanski reposted"The positive message and the policies that the Greens are talking about are really resonating with people." Martin Abrams, Leader of Lambeth Council, on growing support for the Green Party in London at the London Green Party conference.00:00
- Zack Polanski repostedWhat politics SHOULD look like πWe are going to see more and more extreme temperatures. My conversation with the Mayor on how he'll support Londoners in response to the changing climate. youtu.be/fTQ0FkDf_jE?isβ¦
- Zack Polanski repostedWe know that hope is stronger than hate. This Refugee Week we stand together in solidarity against those who seek to divide us.00:00
