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 (another Friend of Israel). [The video just on Debkah will be available separately]
All the videos around the campaign can now be found at www.twingaza.com/why-twin/#Videos
COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT
The Council has now formally announced it will be discussing the Twinning with Gaza petition: see Item 7.8 on the agenda for Policy and Sustainability Committee 10.00 am Tuesday, 29th March, 2022 at https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/g6094/Agenda%20frontsheet%2029th-Mar-2022%2010.00%20Policy%20and%20Sustainability%20Committee.pdf?T=0
There are more details that the Council has published as a supplement to the agenda item “7.8 Petition for Consideration: Twinning Edinburgh with Gaza City” at https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s45853/Item%207.8%20-%20Petition%20for%20Consideration%20-%20Twinning%20Edinburgh%20with%20Gaza%20City.pdf
You can view the background to item 7.8 at Item 7.8 – Petition for Consideration – Twinning Edinburgh with Gaza City.pdf
You will be able to view the live webcast of the meeting of 29th March at: Policy and Sustainability Committee – Tuesday, 29th March 2022 at 10:00am – City of Edinburgh Council Webcasts (public-i.tv)
MEDIA COVERAGE
Recent coverage of the campaign can be viewed at:
Edinburgh Evening News 22.3.22 Bid for Edinburgh to establish twinning link with Gaza city | Edinburgh News (scotsman.com)
Skwawkbox 22.2.22 Rally tomorrow to twin Edinburgh with Gaza – SKWAWKBOX
Redress Online 20.3.22 : Twin Edinburgh with Gaza Rally on 23 March 2022 – Redress Information & Analysis (redressonline.com)
Shoah- the Palestinian Holocaust 20.3.22 Twin Edinburgh with Gaza Rally on 23 March 2022 – SHOAH
National newspaper 18.3.22 : Edinburgh-Gaza twinning: Rally to take place in support of proposals | The National
Older coverage:
Bella Caledonia explained, with the help of Rabbie Burns and Scotland’s need for a positive international profile, what needs to be done- and why: “Edina- Sister Up with Gaza” in Bella Caledonia 14/11/19 lso, this article by David Hearst, a journalist who was previously with the Scotsman and the Guardian, shows how little we in the UK care about what our country has helped to create: Gaza 2020: How easy it is for the world to delete Palestinian pain
SUPPORT?
If you live in Edinburgh, please write to your Councillor (if you haven’t done so already)- it just takes two minutes- this is almost the last chance you’ll get- at www.twingaza.com/what-you-can-do/#Cllr-letter
We still have a couple of thousand flyers to get out. If you want to help with flyering before the meeting in 5 days’ time (just two hours would really help, going around Edinburgh’s shops and eateries with Pete) there are still many parts of the city yet to be covered- please ring Pete on 0758 472 2191