Bliss Wylie admitted the controversial vote had made Jewish friends "sad" but said their upset was “about feelings” and “not about facts”.

The motion about Zionism was passed by 1,022 votes to 813 at the party’s Brighton conference last weekend.

Zionism is the belief in a Jewish homeland and is shared by most British Jews.

The motion has sparked a furious backlash with critics saying it will fuel antisemitism.

Bliss Wylie was elected to Norwich City Council in May (Image: Supplied)

Sir Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi, described it as a “threat to British Jews and to Britain”, while the Board of........

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