The Green-led Hackney Council voted on Tuesday night to approve a motion initiating the formal process to end its decades-long twinning relationship with the Israeli city of Haifa.

The Green-led Hackney Council voted on Tuesday night to approve a motion initiating the formal process to end its decades-long twinning relationship with the Israeli city of Haifa. The decision follows a Green Party majority victory in the May local elections. ✍️ @alexbencarson Link 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