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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
Harrow and Brent PSC stage demo outside Brent Civic Centre
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
Brent leader Cllr Mo Butt
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
The city of Nablus in the West Bank
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
Brent leader Cllr Mo Butt
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
Brent councillor Ihtesham Afzal, tables a motion to twin Brent with Nablus at a Full Council meeting on Nov 18
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
Noor A'wad and Hanan Schlesinger, founders of the Roots initiative
November 14, 2022, 10:52 am
Branch of Israeli-Palestinian grassroots initiative launches in the UK
Friends of Roots UK supports those facilitating face-to-face contact between settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank/Judea & Samaria
By Jewish News Reporter
Israeli soldiers take position during clashes with at Palestinians in the West Bank City of Nablus. (File image).
October 26, 2022, 12:59 pm
Israel ramps up pressure on Palestinian terror group ‘Lion’s Den’
The IDF killed the group's leader in an extensive raid on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Nablus
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Settlers throw stones at police in Amona outpost in the West Bank (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
January 24, 2022, 12:39 pm
Settlers from West Bank outpost attack human rights activists
The settlers were armed with batons, rocks. and incendiary materials in the attack on Friday and set afire a car belonging to the human rights activists,
By JTA
October 20, 2021, 8:28 pm
Samaritans gather at dawn to mark the start of Sukkot
A month after Jews celebrated the festival, members of the faith gathered at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus
By Michael Daventry
Balfour Declaration and a portrait of Arthur Balfour
February 23, 2021, 6:03 pm
Palestinian court rules Balfour Declaration invalid, urges UK apology
Nablus judge's verdict holds Britain legally responsible for consequences of statement, which paved the way for the creation of the Jewish state
By Jewish News Reporter
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