Current sectionIsrael NewsThe plan sparked outrage among prominent members of the British Jewish community, who have cited the fact that Haifa is a mixed Jewish-Arab city where coexistence has been the norm. A Labour MP called the move a 'performative and spiteful gesture'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeBen Kroll07:36 PM • July 23 2026 IDTHackney council in east London is reportedly moving forward with plans to end its decades-long partnership with Haifa, Israel's largest mixed Jewish-Arab city, months after the Green Party secured an overwhelming majority in the council.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:HaifaJewish DiasporaJews and ArabsEurope JewsU.K.CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesU.S.-Saudi DealIranGazaPalestinian AuthorityLindsey GrahamIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastU.K.'s Hackney Aims to End Twinship With Israel's Haifa Over 'Ongoing Conflict'Police Chief Vows to Protect Media Outlets After Haaretz, Channel 12 AttackedIsrael's Far Right Is Repeating the Sin That Brought Down the TempleA Child a Day: The Israeli Air Force Continues to Routinely Kill Gaza's KidsTrump: Saudi Arabia Nuclear Deal Conditioned on Normalizing Israel RelationsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli Election