Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for Britain’s “special relationship” with the US to end after Washington launched waves of strikes against the Islamic Republic. As news of the military action broke, the 43-year-old London Assembly member wrote on social media: "This is an illegal, unprovoked and brutal attack that shows once again that the USA and Israel are rogue states.""The UK must end our cosy relationship with the USA and our ongoing support for Israel. He added: "There is only one nuclear armed state in the Middle East. It is Israel."TRENDINGStoriesVideosYour SayMothin Ali, the Green Party’s co-deputy leader, echoed Mr Polanski’s remarks, writing: "Israel and the US have launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on a sovereign nation during ongoing diplomatic negotiations."We should not allow the UK to be dragged into another American war."We must do everything possible to stop this and uphold peace in the region."Mr Ali later attended a so-called “Stop the War” demonstration in London on Saturday, where he was seen protesting beneath an Islamic Republic of Iran flag. The Greens leader blasted the strikes that killed the Ayatollah as 'illegal, unprovoked and brutal' | GETTYThe joint military action by the US and Israel came under fire from several left-wing MPs on Saturday. Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "The attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States are illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable.“Our Government must condemn this flagrant breach of international law, and urgently pursue a foreign policy based on justice, sovereignty and peace.”Richard Burgon, Labour MP for Leeds East, branded the intervention as an "illegal act of aggression".
