Twinning with a Palestinian Community

Communities in the UK can be "twinned" with Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank. British supporters can spread awareness about the behaviour of Israeli settlers and soldiers in the areas with which they are linked. They can raise money to support projects in their twinned community. They can arrange for exchange visits. They can link schools perhaps by email. They can help to sustain hope.
In the UK twinning is arranged by the British Palestine Twinning Network (BPTN).
An ideal arrangement might be to "twin" simultaneously with both an Israeli and a Palestinian community. The BPTN does not at present work in this way. Perhaps the Board of Deputies of British Jews might welcome this as a Ffriendly suggestion, and facilitate contacts with sympathetic Israeli communities such as kibbutzim. For example the Sister City group in Burlington, Vermont, was originally twinned with the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, but the relationship was revitalised by adding the Israeli town of Arad.

Another suggestion is being piloted by the Israel-Palestine Working Party of Devon Area Quaker Meeting. They have listed Israeli and Palestinian Human Rights Groups and asked each of their twelve Local Meetings to choose one group to uphold both financially and by regular contact.

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