UK: London's Hackney borough moves to end Haifa twinning

Hackney Council has begun the process of ending its 58-year twinning agreement with Israel's Haifa following the Green Party's election victory.

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 council set to cut Haifa ties over Israel's apartheid against Palestinians Elis Gjevori on Tue, 07/28/2026 - 12:19 Hackney’s Greens say maintaining civic relations with Haifa contradicts the north London borough’s values An Israeli flag is flown from a car in Hackney, north London,

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