The European Green Party Attacks Solidarity With Palestine — Jacobin

The European Green Party condemned a vote by the Greens of England and Wales calling for a single democratic state in Palestine with equal rights. Daniel Finn asks why the same organization has not similarly rebuked the German Greens for their role in Germany’s policy toward Israel and Gaza.

• The EGP distances itself from the English and Welsh motion while its own statement condemns genocide against Palestinians and calls for EU sanctions.
• Finn contrasts that response with German Green foreign minister Annalena Baerbock’s opposition to an immediate ceasefire and Germany’s arms-export licenses for Israel.
• He also examines Baerbock’s defense of attacks on civilian sites under a “human shields” rationale and her government’s suspension of UNRWA funding.

The essay’s central challenge is about political accountability: a party can say the right things about human rights while policing solidarity more forcefully than it challenges the policies of its own officeholders. Finn’s judgments are pointed, but the contradiction he identifies deserves close attention.