The lead author of a motion equating Zionism with racism that was adopted by the Green Party of England and Wales has been identified in US federal court filings as a close friend of a man later convicted of terrorism offences linked to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Lubna Speitan, a British-Palestinian artist and party member who holds no official positions, proposed the motion that passed at the party’s autumn conference in Brighton on 4 October 2026 by 1,022 vot