UK Lawyers for Israel have been advising Ian Collier of Reform and Cllr Michael Maurice of the Brent Conservative Group on their attempts to overthrow Brent Council's democratic decision to support a twinning project with Nablus, in the West Bank - a project that was initially proposed by a diverse group of local residents. The project, Brent Nablus Twinning Association, will be at no cost to council tax payers.
In an escalation of the issue the UKLFL, a controversial organisation (see LINK) has announced that it is involving the Board of Deputies and threatens further action:
UKLFI will continue to work with local residents to urge Brent to reconsider this divisive political posturing. If appropriate, UKLFI will take further action to force Brent to see how its actions are unlawful. We are working with the Board of Deputies and other non-Jewish organisations to understand what is happening at a Council which seems to run without accountability and transparency nor due regard for its residents. This is another example of British local governments prioritising antisemitic and far left ideological pursuits over the needs of local residents.
A foreign pro-war lobby group and their usual campaign of harassment are not welcome in Brent!
ReplyDeleteCa we have some honesty Martin. The Motion in Council has been pushed for by a Labour Councillor who set up the CIC organisation and whose wife lives in Luton. Is he really a Brent resident anymore?
ReplyDeleteI dare YOU to publish this - otherwise the Wembley Matters and your impartiality or rather prejudice will be confirmed.
Who? Name them - you’re anon anyway
DeletePlease do not call that this "Brent residents' project to twin with Nablus" - the majority of Brent residents have NOT even been consulted on these plans.
ReplyDeleteThere needs to be a full and proper consultation before this goes ahead.
Agree, there was little publicity for twinning. Consultation was limited. Most Brent residents were unaware. A bad stance for Democracy.
DeleteI am a member of Brent and Harrow PSC and was previously secretary. My support for justice for Palestinians goes back decades. (I visited shortly after the Six Day war) The twinning proposal came from within the PSC group as a positive and peaceful intervention - it is not a Labour Party initiative and is supported by people from several parties and none including the councillor you mention. On being impartial, I am not impartial about genocide and the deaths of so many children. Incidentally, I do encourage people to use their names (real) on comments.
ReplyDeleteWell said Martin. It is unfortunately the case that any trouble around this is being stirred by those who support genocide.
ReplyDeleteThis is gaslighting, given it is Hamas and the Iranians who consistently called for genocide of the Israelies and on 7/10 the videos of the terrorists showed them engwged in this. Israel is the only democracy in the region and arabs are involved within their power structuress
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ReplyDeleteThe extremism in this decision to try and stop the Twinning of Brent with nablus is so extreme and so unnecessary. I'm tired of having to see extreme zionists be unreasonable and racist towards their approach of towards anyone Muslim or from an Arabic background. this racism has to stop it needs to stop
ReplyDeleteThere is a crying need to understand that not all Jews in Brent or elsewhere oppose the twinning of Brent with Nablus, and that not all Jews support Israeli government actions and policies, especially in Gaza and the West Bank.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Martin that it is unfortunate that people (including me) feel they must post anonymously. There is so much hate out there. It doen't take much to have it raining down on you.