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Lubna Speitan, who supported a controversial anti-Zionism motion at the Green Party conference, is referred to as a "close friend" of Minh Quang Pham, a UK citizen jailed for 40 years in the US for backing Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The article highlights tensions within the Green Party following the vote on treating Zionism as racism, with some members, like Wales Green Party’s deputy leader Phil Davies, resigning over the decision.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Lubna Speitan, a former member of the UK's Green Party, was identified as a "close friend" of Minh Quang Pham, who was jailed for 40 years in the US in 2015 for supporting Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Pham, initially arrested in the UK in June 2012 and extradited to the U.S., admitted to three counts of terrorist-related activity but maintained he had no intention of carrying out an attack or harming anyone.
In court documents, Speitan was willing to testify about Pham's passive nature and cognitive limitations due to a medical condition that prevented her from traveling by air. Despite this, she reportedly remains friends with Pham, suggesting he was "targeted" by the system.
Recently, at the Green Party conference in Brighton, the party voted for a motion proposed by Speitan that included anti-Zionist sentiments. The connection between these events raises questions about the implications of political activism intersecting with historical ties to individuals involved in terrorist activities.
Written for “Anti Zionism Motion Controversy” on 2026-10-07,
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Leaning: leans left for article 62154 (high confidence, 1 verified quote) · logged 2026-10-07
Lubna Speitan was referred to in US court documents as a “close friend” of Minh Quang Pham, a UK citizen jailed for 40 years in the US for backing Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in 2011.
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Speitan → refer → 2011
The former Vietnamese national was first arrested in the UK in June 2012 and was extradited to the US in early 2015.
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national → arrest → 2015
US court documents show that in 2015, Ms Speitan was “willing to testify” but that an unspecified medical condition “prevents her from travelling by air”.
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condition → show → air
Pham admitted three counts of terrorist-related activity based on his support for the group, Scotland Yard said at the time, though he denied intending to carry out his plot or harm anyone.
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he → admit → anyone
No attack occurred.
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attack → occur → ?
In his defence, Pham said Ms Speitan would be willing to testify that he was “a passive individual and never expressed any interest in committing violence or terrorism” and that she would testify “regarding [her] observations of Pham’s cognitive limitations”.
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she → say → limitations
Asked by the Telegraph whether she remained friends with Pham, Ms Speitan reportedly said: “Yes, it’s still the case,” adding that she believed he had been “targeted” by “the system”.
uncertain
he → ask → system
The Green Party voted for a motion at their conference in Brighton on Sunday which established as policy that Zionism, the movement to develop and protect a Jewish state in Israel, will be “treated as any other form of racism”.
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Zionism → vote → racism
It also supports the establishment of a “single democratic Palestinian state in all of its historic Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital”.
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It → support → capital
Following the successful vote for the motion, Ms Speitan appeared alongside other Green activists speaking in its defence.
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Speitan → follow → defence
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A Green Party spokesperson said: “Lubna Speitan holds no party positions other than being a member.
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Speitan → read → positions
“The Green Party takes all allegations of this nature seriously.
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Party → take → nature
“Where members have expressed views that do not fit in with the party’s values, we have internal processes to investigate.”
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we → express → processes
The “Zionism is racism” vote came just days before the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, which the Green Party’s leader, Zack Polanski, is running in.
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leader → come → which
Mr Polanski abstained from the vote, having already left the conference to return to campaigning in Sir Keir Starmer’s old constituency.
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Polanski → abstain → constituency
In the wake of the vote, the Wales Green Party’s deputy leader announced his resignation on Tuesday, and said that he had left the party after seven years.
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he → announce → years
In a video published online, Phil Davies said he had been thinking about leaving for “a couple of months”, but that it was “accelerated” by the “Zionism is racism” motion.
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Zionism → publish → motion
He branded the motion “imperialistic” and “idiotic”, adding that it “doesn’t materially achieve anything in the real world”.
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it → brand → world
He said: “Why are we, as people in Britain, telling people in the Middle East what their future is to be?
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future → say → East
“That strikes me as British imperialism, and as a proud Welshman, I just can’t be in a party which has passed a motion like that, personally, I’ve decided.
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I → strike → that
Mr Davies added that he also did not think the Wales Green Party was respected or supported within the wider party or that the party has a long-term strategy for gaining power.
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party → add → power
Backing the Wales Green Party splitting from the wider Green Party of England and Wales, Mr Davies said he would consider rejoining if this happened.
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this → back → England
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