Polanski challenged over whether he thinks Israel has right to exist
The Green Party leader spoke to the Today programme after coming second in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
The Green leader faces pressure over his response to a party motion declaring Zionism a form of racism, as well as his by-election loss.

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The Green leader faces pressure over his response to a party motion declaring Zionism a form of racism, as well as his by-election loss.
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The Green leader faces pressure over his response to a party motion declaring Zionism a form of racism, as well as his by-election loss.
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The Green leader faces pressure over his response to a party motion declaring Zionism a form of racism, as well as his by-election loss.
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The Green Party leader spoke to the Today programme after coming second in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
The motion, which has divided senior party figures, backs a "single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine".
BBC Political editor Chris Mason discusses the by-election outcome and what it means for the Greens Party.
Lubna Speitan offered to testify on behalf of Minh Quang Pham, who was jailed for 40 years after a Heathrow bomb plot investigation.
Brighton & Hove City Council says the motion is not compatible with its inclusion commitments.
Phil Davies called for Welsh Greens to set up their own party in the wake of the conference row.