Green Mayor Announces Twinning Between Strasbourg and a Palestinian Camp
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Following the announcement of the environmental mayor of Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian, a twinning between the city and the Palestinian camp of Aida, a delegation of the camp moved to the Alsatian capital, reports Last News of Alsace.His four representatives, including the chairman of the popular committee of Aida, were invited on the first day to a lunch at the city hall. During this official reception, speeches concerning the war between Israe…
In announcing a twinning with a refugee camp in Palestine, Jeanne Barseghian knew that she would attract the lightnings of part of her opposition. The attack was a little late, she used a gift offered to the mayor.
After the reception at Strasbourg City Hall of a Palestinian delegation, the controversy swells at the regional and national levels. The Licra and the Joséphine-Baker festival in Dordogne announce the suspension of a partnership with the City Hall of Strasbourg.
The controversy has swelled since Mayor Jeanne Barseghian announced her intention to propose a twinning between Strasbourg and the Palestinian camp in Aida, near Bethlehem, while at the same time freezing the one linking Strasbourg to Ramat Gan, Israel. A polemic that has become accentuated on social networks with the publication of two photographs fuelling controversy.
The environmental mayor of Strasbourg wants to establish a partnership with the Palestinian camp of Aida, freezing the twinning established for more than thirty years with the Israeli city of Ramat Gan. A political choice contested by representatives of the Jewish community and the opposition elected.
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