UK Local Council Votes to End Decades-Old Twin City Agreement with Haifa

UK local council votes to end decades-old twin city agreement with Haifa

Hackney's twinning agreement with Haifa was established in 1968 in a spirit of working-class solidarity, bringing multi-faith and multi-ethnic cooperation centered around medical links.

London’s Hackney council gives initial nod to ending 58-year twinning with Haifa after emotional debate

”Haifa is not perfect, but for those who want peace, it represents a model of coexistence, a fighting chance for peace,” argued one Labour councilor in vain. The post London’s Hackney council gives initial nod to ending 58-year twinning with Haifa after emotional debate appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Why London’s Hackney Council wants to repeal its ‘twin’ status with Haifa

Green Party, which took over control of the council from the Labour Party, is opposed to Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.