Hackney’s Green Party mayor Zoe Garbett’s move to end the city’s 60-year twinning pact with Haifa has sparked outrage after she set the deadline for their response to October 7—the anniversary of the Hamas attacks. Critics slammed the date as “staggering insensitivity,” calling it either a provocation or a shocking oversight. Garbett cited the council’s anti-racist values and the humanitarian crisis as reasons for the break, but her history of anti-Israel stances—including blocking a letter praising police for stopping an anti-Semitic attack—has fueled calls for her resignation. Hackney Council later apologized, calling the date an “error” and moved the deadline to October 5, though skepticism remains over her motives and the council’s handling of the situation.
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