by Memphis Barker, Telegraph
Exclusive: Party member offered to testify in defence of Heathrow bomb plotter
The Green Party member behind the “Zionism is racism” motion is close friends with an al-Qaeda terrorist who plotted to bomb passengers landing at Heathrow from Israel.
Lubna Speitan, a British-Palestinian artist, proposed the controversial motion at the Green Party conference in Brighton, where it was adopted after a vote.
The Left-wing party now formally backs the creation of a single Palestinian state across Israel and deems it “racist” to support the idea of a Jewish homeland in the territory.
It can now be revealed that Ms Speitan offered to testify in the defence of Minh Quang Pham, jailed in the US for a plot to detonate a backpack filled with shrapnel dipped in rat poison in the airport arrivals lounge.
Court documents from 2015 described them as “close friends”. Asked by The Telegraph whether they remained friends, Ms Speitan said: “Yes, it’s still the case.”