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arrest two Green election candidates over alleged antisemitism Two women standing as Green party candidates
antisemitism controversies their party has faced. Two Green candidates in London [were recently arrested](https://www.theguardian.com
Green council candidate arrested this week over alleged antisemitic social media posts has been seen canvassing subsequently alongside other party
party drawn into several controversies, including antisemitic comments made by several candidates. Two Green candidates for Lambeth council in south London, Sabine Mairey and Saiqa Ali, [were arrested
antisemitic comments. However, Labour has accused the party of acting too slowly to suspend or remove them. The issue was [highlighted last week](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/02/inside-green-party-antisemitism-struggle-israel-palestine) after two Green candidates for Lambeth council in south
Green candidates standing for Lambeth council were arrested over allegedly antisemitic posts. Another candidate, in Walsall, was revealed to have referred to “Jewish cockroaches” in a 2023 post on social media. The party
Greens against antisemitic comments made by several of its candidates. Two running for Lambeth council in south London, Sabine Mairey and Saiqa Ali, [were arrested](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/30/met-police-arrest-two-green-election-candidates-over-alleged-antisemitism) on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred
candidate Zoë Garbett "you have my vote" in a video on 3 May. A Green Party spokesperson previously told [the Times](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/zack-polanski-vote-local-elections-green-party-wz87k8jlx), which first reported on the story, that Polanski may have used
Green party. “We have a boogeyman, the boogeyman are Muslims, and we’re going to use that to make people afraid and force them to vote for us.” Yet the many experts and advocates interviewed