00:00A Green Party motion on Zionism has prompted calls from Labour MPs to end Birmingham's power-sharing council administration.
00:08In a letter to Liberal Democrat council leader Roger Harmer, MP Al Karns, Jess Phillips and Preet Gill ask him
00:18to seek a public statement from the city's Green Cabinet members.
00:22If they refuse, the MPs say he should end the agreement.
00:26The motion adopted at the Greens conference defines Zionism as a form of racism and backs a single democratic Palestinian
00:35state across historic Palestine.
00:38The letter describes the motion as abhorrent.
00:41Now Labour is not part of Birmingham's administration which includes Liberal Democrats, Greens and Better Birmingham Independent Group.
00:50Harmer says the Lib Dems will continue in a coalition while the Greens uphold the Fairer Birmingham Partnership Agreement, which
00:58includes a commitment to fight anti-Semitism.
01:02He says he personally disagrees with the motion.
01:05His party opposes the motion, supports a two-state solution and says coalition partners retain separate national policies.
01:13The Birmingham Greens referred to a BBC statement saying their councillors stand against rising anti-Semitism and remain committed to
01:22the partnership, adding that Jewish residents have an absolute right to feel valued in the city.
01:29He says he says he doesn't have an absolute right to feel valued in the city.
