She also said:

“Israel must be eradicated. Even if it means killing every single Zionist”, as well as describing Zionists as “vermin. And vermin must be eradicated so they can’t harm children”.

She also made numerous references to the idea that Jews are obsessed with money and use it to control the world, for example:

Ion’s Threads account referred to “Jewish Nazis”, describing them as “the money grubbing thieves have built mountains of money over centuries that they use to buy their way in the world through the lowest and most corrupt individuals in high places”.

I don’t think I need to explain that describing Jews as moneygrubbing vermin is straight-up old school racism. Her statements obviously go far beyond any valid criticism of Israel, its government or its supporters.

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    Update: Support has been revoked:

    Newcastle Green Party are appalled by the racist material written by Tina Ion, one of the Green Party candidates for Blakelaw and Cowgate.

    This case was referred to the Green Party’s disciplinary process as soon as we became aware of the material. Furthermore, Newcastle Green Party has withdrawn support for the candidate in the upcoming election.

    An urgent review of our vetting process is taking place to ensure all of our candidates reflect our views as an anti-racist party.

    We sincerely apologise for the distress this has caused, in particular, to the Jewish community who are already experiencing a shocking rise in antisemitism and targeted attacks.

    Antisemitism and hate should have no place in our party or society.