Tel Aviv decides to retain contract with Gaza City as `twin city`
By Yigal Hai, Haaretz Correspondent
Tel Aviv's municipal council on Sunday rejected a motion raised by Deputy Mayor Arnon Giladi (Likud) to rescind its "twin city" status with Gaza City, opting instead for Mayor Ron Huldai's counter-proposal to freeze the relationship until "the return of better days."
In September 1998, Tel Aviv, Gaza City and Barcelona entered a "twin city" agreement aimed at supporting the Oslo Agreements and encouraging joint cultural projects funded by Barcelona's municipality.
Since the start of the Second Intifada, however, no contact has taken place between the Israeli and Palestinian municipalities.
"The Gaza Strip today is a kingdom of terror in the Middle East. Despite this, Tel Aviv is still connected to it in an agreement signed when optimism was at its peak," Arnon said. "I demand to rescind this unholy alliance."
In response, Huldai said his counterproposal to freeze the agreement rather than cancel it was intended to signal that "peace can sill be achieved between us and the Palestinians if we do it the right way."
en français : Le Conseil municipal de Tel Aviv a décidé de geler l'alliance de jumelage signé il y a dix ans avec la ville de Gaza. Cette décision fait suite aux tirs incessants de Qassam depuis la Bande de Gaza sur Sdérot. Le vice-maire, Arnon Guiladi a expliqué que « une fois que le gouvernement a déclaré que Gaza était ennemie, les liens doivent être coupés » (Guysen.International.News)
Tel Aviv's municipal council on Sunday rejected a motion raised by Deputy Mayor Arnon Giladi (Likud) to rescind its "twin city" status with Gaza City, opting instead for Mayor Ron Huldai's counter-proposal to freeze the relationship until "the return of better days."
In September 1998, Tel Aviv, Gaza City and Barcelona entered a "twin city" agreement aimed at supporting the Oslo Agreements and encouraging joint cultural projects funded by Barcelona's municipality.
Since the start of the Second Intifada, however, no contact has taken place between the Israeli and Palestinian municipalities.
"The Gaza Strip today is a kingdom of terror in the Middle East. Despite this, Tel Aviv is still connected to it in an agreement signed when optimism was at its peak," Arnon said. "I demand to rescind this unholy alliance."
In response, Huldai said his counterproposal to freeze the agreement rather than cancel it was intended to signal that "peace can sill be achieved between us and the Palestinians if we do it the right way."
en français : Le Conseil municipal de Tel Aviv a décidé de geler l'alliance de jumelage signé il y a dix ans avec la ville de Gaza. Cette décision fait suite aux tirs incessants de Qassam depuis la Bande de Gaza sur Sdérot. Le vice-maire, Arnon Guiladi a expliqué que « une fois que le gouvernement a déclaré que Gaza était ennemie, les liens doivent être coupés » (Guysen.International.News)
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