Green Party member linked to al-Qaeda supporter in court documents

Lubna Speitan, the architect of a controversial Green Party motion defining Zionism as racism, was named in US court records as a close associate of Minh Quang Pham. Pham was convicted of supporting al-Qaeda and plotting a suicide attack at Heathrow Airport. Speitan had written to a judge describing him as a sincere individual.

Following the passage of the motion, which advocates for a single state across historic Palestine, the Green Party has faced significant backlash. Jewish groups and political figures have condemned the policy, while the party maintains that Speitan holds no official leadership roles.