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October 14, 2026, 3:39 pm

Haifa mayor condemns Hackney Council as 60-year city friendship faces axe

'It is difficult to reconcile Hackney's stated commitment to diversity and inclusion with a decision to sever ties with a city that works every day to uphold these principles'

By JN Reporter

October 12, 2026, 4:41 pm

Hackney Council fails to release information on cost of de-twinning from Haifa

Despite a Freedom of Information request deadline ending two weeks ago, the council still has not provided any data on what its Haifa de-twinning review has cost

By Daniel Sugarman

October 2, 2026, 4:09 pm

Hackney Council in breach of Freedom of Information law over 7 October deadline to Israeli town

EXCLUSIVE: Despite applying for a 20 working day extension, then saying on the deadline date that documentation would be released by 'Friday at the latest', it has still not arrived

By JN Reporter

Hackney Greens speak in favour of Haifa detwinning

September 7, 2026, 3:03 pm

Hackney-Haifa twinning review ‘looks predetermined’

Communal groups question transparency of process when decision already made in principle even though formal consultations are ongoing

By Michelle Rosenberg

Zoë Garbett, Mayor of Hackney. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

August 28, 2026, 10:56 am

Hackney Council may withhold emails over 7 October twinning deadline

There was widespread anger when Hackney Mayor Zoe Garbett wrote to Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav requesting a response to the breaking of a twinning agreement by that date

By Daniel Sugarman

Shlomo Haimson, whose grave has been identified nearly 78 years after his death. Photo Credit: IDF

August 13, 2026, 12:47 pm

Grave of Jewish soldier killed escaping British detention camp identified after 78 years

Shlomo Haimson was shot dead in Cyprus after trying to reach his newborn daughter in the newly established State of Israel

By Annabel Sinclair

Yona Yahav (Creative Commons/Elad Malka)

August 6, 2026, 11:06 am

Haifa’s Mayor invites Mayor of Hackney to visit ‘to look for herself’

Haifa's Mayor: 'When a city that has devoted decades to building a shared society is portrayed as a symbol of racism or intolerance, it is the truth that suffers'

By JN Reporter

August 5, 2026, 2:50 pm

‘Come and see Haifa’: academics challenge Hackney over plan to cut 58-year ties

Technion and University of Haifa figures say the borough risks abandoning a city where Jewish-Arab cooperation is part of daily life

By Annabel Sinclair

July 31, 2026, 6:16 pm

Hertsmere council leader pulls out of Hackney Green-led summit after Haifa ties cut

Jeremy Newmark informed Mayor Zoe Garbett that 'if Hackney walks away from Haifa, Hertsmere will walk towards it'

By JN Reporter

July 30, 2026, 5:40 pm

Hackney Greens disgrace themselves by cutting ties with multicultural Haifa

The borough is turning its back on a relationship built on mutual cooperation and nearly 60 years of civic goodwill, warns a former Hackney Council officer

By Joshua Garfield

July 30, 2026, 5:07 pm

Woman charged after eggs allegedly thrown at pro-Israel protesters outside Hackney Town Hall

A 65-year-old woman will appear in court after police alleged eggs were thrown at demonstrators during Hackney’s Haifa de-twinning protest

By Annabel Sinclair

July 30, 2026, 1:58 pm

Hackney mayor sorry for ‘staggeringly insensitive’ 7 October consultation deadline

Zoë Garbett extends process by a week after admitting original deadline was a “serious mistake”

By Annabel Sinclair

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather outside Hackney Town Hall ahead of the council vote on ending the borough's twinning agreement with the Israeli city of Haifa. Photo Credit: OurFight UK

July 30, 2026, 11:47 am

Pro-Israel protesters pelted with eggs after Hackney backs move to end Haifa twinning

Campaigners say they were abused and targeted outside Hackney Town Hall after councillors voted to begin ending the borough’s Haifa partnership

By Annabel Sinclair

Pro-Palestine activists outside Hackney Town Hall

July 30, 2026, 11:18 am

Hackney’s new leadership has chosen division over dialogue

The Green-party controlled council and Mayoralty's choice to break a twinning agreement with Haifa - and specifically ask for a response by 7 October - was deeply hurtful

By Nivi Feldman

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.

July 29, 2026, 10:33 pm

Home Office rebukes Hackney’s Green Party mayor over immigration enforcement claims

EXCLUSIVE: Zoe Garbett had boasted at a meeting of Hackney Council of non-cooperation with Home Office over immigration enforcement in the borough

By Lee Harpin

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