Greens drop controversial reference to Jewish National Fund, vote to revoke charitable status from organizations complicit in international rights violations

'I think it speaks to the nature of the Green Party, that we’re even having an open debate about something so contentious. In other parties, that would be squashed,' said Green Party member Nathan Grills.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY CHELSEA NASH

August 6, 2016

OTTAWA—After a heated fight and an emotionally charged debate, Green Party members at their policy convention in Ottawa on Saturday decided to amend a controversial motion which would have revoked the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund and instead�...

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