Green Party leader Zack Polanski condemns 'vile antisemitic caricature' in The Times

Green Party leader Zack Polanski condemns 'vile antisemitic caricature' in The Times Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Sun, 05/03/2026 - 11:30 Spokesperson for party accuses 'media and politicians' of mounting 'further attacks towards Zack in the wake of a violent attack on his community' A cartoon published in The Times appears to depict Green Party leader Zack Polanski with a hooked nose (Screengrab/X) Off Green Party leader Zack Polanski has accused The Times of publishing "a pretty vile antisemitic caricature" of him, after the newspaper featured a cartoon of Polanski with a hooked nose kicking a police officer. The Green Party said it has submitted a complaint to The Times editor Tony Gallagher over the caricature, which it said displays "tropes so clearly associated with antisemitic depictions of Jewish people". It said in a statement that it was "astonishing" given the "rising climate of antisemitism in the UK " that a "national newspaper has chosen to publish a cartoon of the only Jewish political leader in the country using tropes so clearly associated with antisemitic depictions of Jewish people".