UK Green Party chat leak: wiping Israel off the map, ‘killing Zionists’
By Patrick Lancier
TL;DR — CAM, citing The Times of London (Sunday 17 August 2026), reports a WhatsApp group used by Green Party activists, named Greens Against Imperialism. Asked whether he wanted Israel “wiped off the map,” local official Sophus Magill, who created the group, replied: “Yes, I would like that.” Other messages discussed “killing Zionists” and described hostility to Jews as “wrong but understandable.” A party spokesperson declined to address the messages, saying the party does not comment on internal forums or WhatsApp chats outside official channels. This piece does not invent quotations beyond those CAM attributes to The Times.
What did The Times, as reported by CAM, find in the chat?
The group, CAM writes, was created by Green Party member Sophus Magill. Activists reportedly used it to organise and discuss foreign policy. The Times, as relayed by CAM on 19 August, published the following exchange and neighbouring lines. Magill was asked whether he wanted Israel “wiped off the map.” He answered: “Yes, I would like that.”
In another exchange, one participant portrayed British Jews as a tool for Israel in the United Kingdom, calling them a “brilliant weapon” for the country. Another participant said an extreme anti-Zionist position could mean supporting “killing Zionists,” which that person called “wrong but not necessarily racist.” The same participant described being “anti Jews” and “lumping all Jews in with the majority of Israeli Jews as Genociders” as “wrong but understandable.” CAM also embeds a Times-related social post by reporter Geri Scott, dated 17 August, summarising the leak: activists claimed British Jews were a “weapon” of Israel and described hostility towards Jews as “understandable.”
Is this anti-Zionism as policy, or as elimination?
The Magill line is not a sanctions list. It is not a two-state formula. It is an answer, in a party chat, to a question about wiping a state off the map: yes. The neighbouring lines do not stay on settlements, borders, or cabinets. They move to “killing Zionists,” then to “anti Jews,” then to British Jews as a “brilliant weapon.” The sequence, as CAM reports it from The Times, treats elimination and collective suspicion as discussable inside a Green Party forum. That is the news. It is not a gloss added here.
Calling the first position “anti-Zionism as policy” would require a policy text. CAM and The Times, in the account used here, do not supply a manifesto excerpt, a conference motion, or a leadership speech that repeats Magill’s answer. They supply a chat. The chat’s own words already go past policy: “wiped off the map,” “killing Zionists,” “anti Jews,” “understandable.” A reader who wants a party programme will not find one in this leak. A reader who wants to know what was said in the room of the phone will.
What did the Green Party say — and what did it refuse to say?
CAM reports a Green Party spokesperson declining to address the messages directly. The line given to The Times is procedural: the party does not comment on internal forums or WhatsApp discussions outside official party channels. That is not a denial of the quotes. It is not a confirmation. It is a refusal to discuss the forum. This article does not infer a disciplinary file, a suspension, or a leadership rebuke. None of those are in the CAM report used here.
The leak itself, as dated, is a Times story of 17 August, summarised by CAM on 19 August. No membership count for the chat is published in that CAM piece. No other names besides Magill are attached to the quoted lines. The “other participant” remains unnamed in the account above. Filling those blanks would be invention. The named facts are the group title, the creator, Magill’s answer, the “brilliant weapon” line, the “killing Zionists” line, the “wrong but understandable” line, and the party’s refusal to comment on internal chats.
What the leak does not establish
It does not establish that the Green Party’s official platform calls for wiping Israel off the map. CAM attributes the yes to Magill in the group he created, not to a conference vote. It does not establish a criminal charge. CAM does not report a police file. It does not establish how many members saw the messages, or whether Magill later retracted them. Those points are absent. They stay absent here.
What it does establish, if The Times is accurately relayed by CAM, is narrower and harder. Inside a Green Party WhatsApp used to talk foreign policy, a local official said he would like Israel wiped off the map. Others discussed killing Zionists as wrong but not necessarily racist, and described being “anti Jews” as wrong but understandable. British Jews were framed as a weapon. The party’s public answer was that it does not comment on internal forums. That is the record as of 19 August 2026. It is already an elimination register, not a policy footnote.
FAQ
Who created Greens Against Imperialism?
CAM, citing The Times, says Green Party member Sophus Magill created the WhatsApp group.
What did Magill say about wiping Israel off the map?
Asked whether he wanted Israel “wiped off the map,” he replied: “Yes, I would like that.” That is the CAM/Times wording. This article does not add to it.
Did the Green Party confirm the messages?
No. A spokesperson declined to address them and said the party does not comment on internal forums or WhatsApp discussions outside official channels.
Are the other participants named?
Not in the CAM account used here, apart from Magill. The “brilliant weapon” and “killing Zionists” lines are attributed to unnamed participants.
Is there a Times URL in this piece?
No. The primary link is the CAM report of 19 August, which attributes the leak to The Times of 17 August. No separate Times URL is added.
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By Patrick Lancier
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