OTTAWA -- Elizabeth May will remain Green party leader despite a controversy over the Middle East that has divided members.

May says she wants to continue her work on electoral reform and will have more credibility as a party leader.

She firmly squelched suggestions she was considering joining the NDP or the Liberals.

May spent the last several days pondering her future during a vacation in Cape Breton.

She also says party members will be asked to reconsider their support of a movement to boycott Israel.

At the party's recent convention, members voted to express support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel -- a move which she opposed and which Jewish groups swiftly denounced.