Barcelona mayor brands Israel apartheid state, cuts ties

Barcelona Mayor Cuts City's Ties with Israel

In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Ada Colau condemned the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people and said she was breaking off a symbolic, sister-city twinning agreement with Tel Aviv. By Julia Conley Common Dreams Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau has announced her city

In Historic Move, Barcelona Cuts Ties with Israeli Apartheid

Flanked on either side by a Palestinian and a Jew, and with a mural depicting Christian imagery as a backdrop. It is in this setting that Barcelona’s mayor, Ada Colau, made a historic announcement on Wednesday: the European metropolis would become the first to put all institutional relations with Israel on hold, including its twinning agreement with Tel Aviv. The reason behind the move? Israel’s practice of apartheid against Palestinians. Credit…

Daily Round-up | Barcelona cuts ties with Israel, cancels twinning with Tel Aviv & other stories : Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up, we look at Barcelona cutting ties with Israel; Iran and Venezuela agreeing to revamp the largest refinery in the Latin American country; CODESA accusing the EU of faking talks with rights groups to forge trade with Morocco; and Leftist parties and civil society groups rejecting the president’s national agreement offer in Ecuador. The post Daily Round-up | Barcelona cuts ties with Israel, cancels twinning…

Barcelona cuts ties with twin city Tel Aviv over Israeli 'apartheid'

Pro-Palestine advocates 'salute' the decision while Israel supporters call it 'antisemitic'

Barcelona Mayor Brands Israel Apartheid State, Cuts Ties

NEW YORK (AP) — The mayor of Barcelona has severed her city’s official ties with Israel, accusing the country of “the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people.” Join our WhatsApp group Wednesday’s decision by Mayor Ada Colau has little practical impact – with the most concrete effect being a halt to its 25-year-old twinning […]

Barcelona mayor brands Israel apartheid state, cuts ties

MADRID: The mayor of Barcelona has severed her city’s official ties with Israel, accusing the country of “the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people.” The decision by Mayor Ada Colau has little practical impact — with the most concrete effect being a halt to its 25-year-old twinning agreement with Tel Aviv. But the announcement by the city, a popular tourist