{"id":1014355,"date":"2026-08-21T05:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014355\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T05:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:47:21","slug":"uk-green-party-representative-celebrates-election-by-attacking-feral-zionists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014355\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Green Party representative celebrates election by attacking ‘feral Zionists’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The newly elected representative for East Anglia on the Green Party<\/a>\u2019s governing council, Eleanora Sophie Folan, celebrated her victory on social media on Wednesday, saying, \u201cI know there will be Zionists reading this who are utterly furious that I won. I welcome their hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n

Folan stated, \u201cI intend to stand by my manifesto: defend freedom of speech regarding Israel, support members when they\u2019re attacked and smeared by the feral Zionist press, and ensure all our members follow the same rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

Folan, who secured her position following a vote by Green Party<\/a> members, expressed gratitude to the activist group Greens for Palestine for their backing during the campaign. She wrote, \u201cI\u2019m very happy to say Green members in East Anglia have elected me to be their female rep on the party\u2019s governing council (GPC). I\u2019m so grateful to them, and to Greens for Palestine for their support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Folan said in the statement, \u201cOur party has changed, and my election as a proud anti-Zionist trans woman symbolizes that change.\u201d She added that she looks forward to collaborating with colleagues on the governing council \u201cto build a radical anti-imperialist Green Party \u2013 one that always stands shoulder-to-shoulder with queers, Palestinians<\/a>, disabled people, migrants, refugees, and activists enduring state repression.\u201d<\/p>\n

Folan then concluded her statement: \u201cInshallah, we will prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AA SIGN supporting the Green Party political party is displayed in a residential street on the eve of local and mayoral elections in England and devolved parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland on May 7, in London, Britain, May 6, 2026. (credit: REUTERS\/TOBY MELVILLE)<\/p>\n

Folan is a data journalist, political commentator, and the founder of the left-wing polling platform \u201cStats for Lefties.\u201d A former columnist for Novara Media, Folan also stood as a Green Party candidate in the 2024 Norwich City Council election.<\/p>\n

Folan posted antisemitic tropes on social media<\/strong><\/p>\n

In May, an investigation by GnasherJew, an open-source investigative team that tracks and exposes online antisemitism, alleged that Folan had used her social media presence to propagate antisemitic<\/a> tropes. These included calling all Israelis \u201cbloodthirsty child-killers,\u201d advocating for the dissolution of Israel, blaming Israel for actions committed by other actors, and describing accusations of antisemitism as a \u201cfake moral panic\u201d orchestrated by a \u201cZionist lobby.\u201d<\/p>\n

Folan\u2019s victory arrives amid a series of broader internal controversies within the Green Party concerning Israel, Zionism, and British Jews. Recent leaks from private WhatsApp groups, such as the \u201cGreens Against Imperialism\u201d chat created by parish councilor Sophus Magill, revealed discussions where members spoke about \u201ckilling Zionists\u201d and described British Jews as a \u201cweapon\u201d for the Israeli state. Additional scrutiny has focused on party figures, including Green Party leader Zach Polanski, who recently faced backlash for wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of Marwan Barghouti, a prominent Palestinian leader serving multiple life sentences in Israel for his role in terror attacks during the Second Intifada.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said in a statement to The Jerusalem Post: \u201cThis is not a rank-and-file member of the Green Party; this is a member of its governing council unashamedly spewing extremist hatred. That she was endorsed by \u2018Greens For Palestine\u2019 \u2013 the group behind the scandalous \u2018Zionism is racism\u2019 motion \u2013 shows the kind of exclusionary politics with which she associates. Zack Polanski, as leader of the party, will sit alongside this individual on the same governing council. He must now decide whether to condemn this hateful rhetoric, or by his silence, appear to tolerate or tacitly endorse it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The newly elected representative for East Anglia on the Green Party\u2019s governing council, Eleanora Sophie Folan, celebrated her…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1014356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[12648,26813,7007,99,50,345,376],"class_list":["post-1014355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-antisemitism","tag-antizionism","tag-green","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-social-media","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117131925816640914","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}