Brent

Banner at pro-Palestine rally Equity had backed accusing Jews of being Christ-killers

April 29, 2026, 3:31 pm

Veteran Labour MP: Tackling antisemitism ‘can’t just be left to the Jewish community’

Barry Gardiner: 'The very people propagating hate speech come from a culture where they don’t want free speech'

By Lee Harpin

Green Party leader Zack Polanski (centre) with Lewisham mayoral candidate, Liam Shrivastava and Hackney mayoral candidate, Zoe Garbett (second right), at the launch of the party's campaign for the local elections on May 7, at One Friendly Place in Greenwich, south London. Picture date: Thursday April 9, 2026.

April 12, 2026, 5:58 pm

Green shoots of a crisis: is party’s antisemitism problem worse than feared?

Jewish News investigation finds shocking new evidence of anti-Jewish hate among local election candidates

By Lee Harpin

Signing ceremony for Brent-Nablus twinning arrangement

January 13, 2026, 6:55 pm

Brent Council allows controversial Nablus twinning signing to take place ‘via back door’

EXCLUSIVE: Council spokesperson claims signing ceremony at Wembley hotel was 'non-political'

By Lee Harpin

Harrow and Brent PSC stage demo outside Brent Civic Centre

December 15, 2025, 6:10 pm

Brent councillors who backed controversial Nablus twinning campaign join Greens

EXCLUSIVE: Four out of five Brent councillors welcomed into Greens by Polanski 'already deselected by Labour'

By Lee Harpin

October 10, 2025, 12:59 pm

Rabbi of largest synagogue in Brent accuses Council leaders of creating ‘hostile environment’ for community

EXCLUSIVE: Brondesbury Park's Rabbi Baruch Levin directly criticises Brent Council leader Cllr Muhammed Butt in speech at terror attack memorial event

By Lee Harpin

July 10, 2025, 4:57 pm

Communal leaders slam ‘more than disappointing’ meeting with Brent leader over Nablus twinning

Amanda Bowman, co-chair of London Jewish Forum, says Brent 'has chosen not to pause implementation or reconsider its position'

By Lee Harpin

Brent councillor Ihtesham Afzal, tables a motion to twin Brent with Nablus at a Full Council meeting on Nov 18

July 8, 2025, 11:02 am

Councillor backing Brent twinning with Nablus accuses opponents of ‘racism and lies’

Ihtesham Afzal, chair of Brent's Labour group, uses council meeting to launch an attack on those opposing Nablus scheme

By Lee Harpin

July 7, 2025, 9:00 pm

Brent Council leader to meet communal heads to hear concerns over Nablus twinning

At tense meeting of north-west London council, a Reform UK activist says twinning plan with the West Bank city a 'sectarian' move that has bitterly upset Jewish, Hindu, Sikh locals

By Lee Harpin

Leader Councillor Butt says report vindicates Brent-Nablus twinning proposal

June 11, 2025, 11:05 am

Brent Council leader says he understands Jewish residents pain and trauma after Oct 7 attack

Councillor Muhammed Butt says 'decision to twin with Nablus was not taken lightly'

By Lee Harpin

May 15, 2025, 1:17 am

Brent Council votes to proceed with Nablus twinning despite warnings about Hamas control

Labour council leader claims report commissioned into West Bank city twinning proposal 'meets the threshold for us to take forward'

By Lee Harpin

Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank

December 10, 2024, 2:41 pm

Cash-strapped Brent Council admits it has no idea how much Nablus twinning will cost

Brent and the councillor leading twinning move fail to respond to repeat requests to confirm how many Palestinians live in the borough

By Lee Harpin

December 3, 2024, 1:25 am

Brent Council passes ‘divisive’ Nablus city twinning motion

Cllr Neil Nerva, Jewish Labour cabinet member on the North London council, walks out in disgust ahead of vote to twin with the West Bank city

By Lee Harpin

At least 3 Brent councillors, including ex mayor, join rally ahead of council meeting backing BDS petition

September 20, 2024, 12:01 pm

Angry scenes as Brent Council hears anti-Israel ‘divest for Palestine’ petition

Brent and Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign petition calls for for council to divest from companies 'complicit in Israel's genocide and apartheid against Palestinians'

By Lee Harpin

September 28, 2023, 5:18 pm

Brent Labour councillors back down after seeking to defy Starmer with BDS motion

Draft motion backed by a number of Brent Labour Group councillors backs 'support of the right to boycott and divest' after highlighting 'abuses of rights and violations of international law, in occupied Palestine'

By Lee Harpin

Cllr Butt's son with two others participating in charity walk. Music provided by TikTok. Cllr Butt later deleted the video from his TikTok account after being made aware of lyrics.

April 11, 2022, 2:58 pm

Labour councillor shared song calling for bombing of Tel Aviv

Leader of Brent Council Mohammed Butt said he's "appalled" to learn he had shared a recording of a Palestinian song that included the chant "Hit, Hit, Tel Aviv" on social media.

By Jewish News Reporter

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