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Haaretz

08:47 PM • October 07 2026 IDT

The British Green Party has launched an investigation into a party member who initiated the "Zionism is Racism" motion passed Sunday, after court documents showed she described a man jailed for supporting al-Qaeda as someone she held in "high respect and esteem," the BBC reported Wednesday.

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Haaretz reports that the Green Party has opened an investigation into the member who proposed the 'Zionism is racism' motion, after court documents showed she spoke of a man jailed for supporting al-Qaeda with 'high respect and esteem'. The piece attributes the report to the BBC and states what the court documents show, which BBC and Times coverage of the same event confirms. Nothing in the available text misleads the reader.

What it gets right

“the BBC reported Wednesday”
Haaretz attributes the story to its source rather than stating it in its own voice.
“after court documents showed she described a man jailed for supporting al-Qaeda as someone she held in "high respect and esteem,"”
The article says exactly what the tie is and where it comes from: her own words in court documents. It does not leave a vague association to do the work, and the BBC's report of her offer to testify for Pham matches it.

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