Preston Town Hall in Lancaster Road Pic: Blog Preston Preston City Council has moved a step closer to extending “the hand of friendship” to a town in Pa
Cottam Parkway back on track after wrangle over landPreston City Council has moved a step closer to extending “the hand of friendship” to a town in Palestine.
“The …is a voluntary organisation with no political ties, which has agreed to work with the council and its communities to try and identify areas of possible shared interest or identity between Preston and towns or cities in Palestine, to make connections as appropriate,” Cllr Khan explained. However, Conservative group leader Stephen Thompson warned that the plans were “premature” amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrat opposition group put forward an amendment to the proposal in which they called for the council to identify an equivalent Israeli organisation to the Britain Palestinian Friendship and Twinning Network and work with both “in tandem” on friendship agreements in each territory.Fellow Lib Dem Daniel Guise added that it was vital to make it “crystal clear that we do not intend to reach out our hand of friendship to Hamas nor to anyone who shares their objectives”.
“While twinning or friendship agreements are a source of cultural richness…the application of them to the most intractable territorial dispute on the face of the planet, seems to me to be well outside the core responsibilities of this council,” he added.“We aren’t just talking about Muslims here – there are a lot of people who are not Muslims in Preston who care deeply about what’s happening to Palestine right now.
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