On the 22nd June the Scottish Information Commissioner agreed to the request to investigate the City of Edinburgh Council from the petitioner for Gaza Twinning, Pete Gregson. Gregson is unhappy with the way the Council has handled his request for information on his “twinning with Gaza” Council petition and the… Continue reading
The Council were told by Israel not to proceed with discussing the Petition on 29th March. The proof is in this text, sent by Council Leader Adam McVey to the Petitioner’s Ward Cllr, Frank Ross, on the 28th March, after Frank had asked the Council Leader (on the petitioner, Pete… Continue reading
Four great Edinburgh bands have committed to support the campaign to get Edinburgh twinned with Gaza, taking no fee for performing at the second-ever free Gig for Gaza in Prince’s Street Gardens on Jubilee day– Friday, 3rd June, from 7-10pm. The Edina-Gaza Twinning Association are hosting this “Gig for Gaza”… Continue reading
We have a unique opportunity to influence Edinburgh Council policy coming up- the Local Government elections on 5th May means that many of Edinburgh’s 62 Councillors will be fighting hard for seats over the next month. If you are wondering who is standing each ward at a glance, folk can… Continue reading
The Edina- Gaza Twinning Association (EGTA) was launched today on 1st April 2022. It is a membership-based association and open to all who seek to build bridges between the people of Edinburgh and Gaza City. Join EGTA to start working for friendship, understanding and commerce between Edinburgh and Gaza City… Continue reading
Petitioners bid on Edinburgh- Gaza twinning spiked At 17:00 hrs on Monday 28th March, just 17 hours before twinning Edinburgh with Gaza City was to be discussed, Edinburgh Council announced that the item had been withdrawn from the committee agenda, to allow officers to “give full consideration to legal matters… Continue reading
This press release from Gaza Municipality of July 2019 explains how the Mayor was appointed: https://www.mogaza.org/news/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9/2286 If you are using Microsoft Edge as a browser, it will automatically translate the text from Arabic into English. We will shortly be adding a 30-second video to this posting, showing an election in… Continue reading
The Jewish News (and the Scotsman) reported that UK Lawyers for Israel had, on around the 25th or 26th March, written to Head of Legal at our Council to say that to twin with Gaza on Tuesday would be to support Hamas. The Jewish News item can be viewed here…. Continue reading
The Mayor of Gaza, Dr Yahya Sarraj, will address Edinburgh Council Leader Cllr Adam McVey, Depute Leader Cllr Cammy Day and the other 15 Councillors who sit on the Policy Committee when they meet to discuss the proposal to twin Edinburgh with Gaza City at their virtual meeting, on Tuesday… Continue reading
The video from the rally of 23rd March at Council Chambers is now available. It lasts 36 minutes and features Pete Gregson explaining the petition to twin Edinburgh with Gaza, along with Mohammed Alshorafa outlining life in Gaza at https://youtu.be/MIkY8ad_9qs Look out for the Hamas Heckler a few minutes in… Continue reading