The British Mamdani? Jewish, Anti-Israel Political Star Zack Polanski Talks to Mehdi

In the UK, the new Green Party leader Zack Polanski is emerging as a charismatic, bold, and unapologetic political force. His outspoken stance against the Gaza genocide and his proposal to impose steep taxes on the wealthy has made him a star in British politics — rattling both Labour and Conservative establishments, and rising in the polls. He talks to Mehdi Hasan and paid Zeteo subscribers in an exclusive live Q&A town hall on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, Gaza, immigration, what he thinks about being compared to Zohran Mamdani, and more.

On the rise of the UK establishment parroting the far-right’s racist and Islamophobic views, Polanski tells Mehdi: “It’s phenomenally dangerous, and Islamophobia is rife in our society. And I say this as a Jewish man, there’s only been five Jewish leaders of a British political party in the last hundred years, so I obviously take anti-Semitism really seriously.” However, he adds, the UK government and media’s “constant conflation” of British Jews with Israelis “does make me feel less safe as a Jewish person, because I look at what Netanyahu and Gallant do.”

*In this Zoom Q&A, Polanski and Mehdi took questions from Zeteo’s paid subscribers. Subscribe to Zeteo.com to join future conversations with big names, and to get first access to hardhitting discussions like this one*

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