Barnet CouncilBarnet Council passes motion to twin with Haifa after Hackney severs ties‘It’s clear that Jewish issues can only be trusted with the Tories’, said councillor Raffy Lachter, who proposed the motionBy Ben Conway3 min read
Exodus‘We lost the battle near Haifa, but we won the war of establishing the state of Israel’Survivors of the famous Exodus ship recounted their treacherous post-Holocaust journeys to the Holy Land in Westminster last weekBy Ben Conway7 min read
By Raffy LachterWhy we Conservative councillors in Barnet will propose twinning with HaifaHackney’s decision to sever its relationship with the Israeli city – where Jews and Arabs live and work side by side – sends the wrong message to Jewish Londoners at a time of sharply rising antisemitism2 min read
By Florit ShoihetZoë Garbett has much to learn from Haifa’s first Jewish mayorShabtai Levy, nicknamed Abuna – ‘our father’ in Arabic – for his commitment to coexistence, understood that even during a bitter war his responsibility was to all the city’s residents. It is a model of civic leadership worth remembering in Hackney today3 min read
HaifaCould Hackney nurses’ training in Israeli hospital be jeopardised by Green plan to end twinning?Decades-old medical exchange is separate from council scheme but still there are fears for its future in increasingly hostile climateBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
By Fiyaz MughalIf Hackney’s Greens cared about peace, they wouldn’t cut ties with Haifa – Israel’s city of coexistenceShunning even a model of Jewish-Arab cooperation as morally tainted raises an uncomfortable question: has political activism crossed into antisemitic exclusion?4 min read
HaifaFamily of four killed in Haifa strike were ‘beloved people with hearts of gold’A veteran voice coach, Lena Ostrovsky Gershovitz – who ‘nurtured generations of actors’ – was among the victimsBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read
In Haifa, artists document the war on the city’s wallsHow the northern Israeli city has turned to graffiti to express its pain in the wake of October 7By Josh Kaplan2 min read||April 25, 2025 11:18
One killed, four hurt in suspected Haifa terror attackThe terrorist was killed on the scene by a security guard and armed civilianBy JC Reporter1 min read||March 3, 2025 09:04
Hackney stands with Israel as motion to ‘de-twin’ from Haifa is defeated by Labour councillorsAn attempt to end the 50-year-old relationship was roundly rejectedBy Daniel Ben-David5 min read||November 28, 2024 16:38
Hezbollah rocket hits Haifa synagogue an hour after prayersHaifa Mayor Yona Yahav called it ‘divine providence’ that the attack had not resulted in a mass casualty eventBy Eliana Jordan1 min read||November 17, 2024 12:54
Rockets strike Nazareth as Hezbollah launches deepest attack into Israel since Oct 7The terrorist group targeted the Ramat David Airbase near Haifa in retaliation for pager attacks in LebanonBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||September 22, 2024 10:44
Haifa readies world’s largest underground hospital in case of all-out war with HezbollahThe facility at the Rambam Health Care Campus has a maximum capacity of more than 2000 peopleBy Etgar Lefkovits3 min read||August 20, 2024 10:04
New Israeli airline eyes September launch for Haifa flightsThe low-cost carrier will offer domestic and international short-haul flights to Mediterranean and Red Sea locationsBy Etgar Lefkovits1 min read||July 19, 2024 10:50
US citizens evacuated by sea via Haifa portAmericans will be flown back to the US via CyprusBy JC Reporter1 min read||October 16, 2023 13:07
