(Jewish News) Communal leaders have said it is “beyond comprehension” that Preston City Council has invited the mayor of Hebron to address a working group seeking to forge links with the West Bank city because he is a convicted terrorist who “has never shown remorse for his crimes.”
The left-wing, Labour-run council had announced in March an “informal friendship arrangement,” which commits the two cities to forge cultural and practical links, aiming to draw them closer together.
Now it has emerged that an invite has been extended to Mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh to speak to the council as part of the friendship arrangement.
He was convicted by Israel for taking part in the 1980 Hebron terror attack, which used automatic weapons and hand grenades to kill six Jews — three Israelis, two American-Israelis and one Canadian — during Friday night sabbath prayers. A further 20 Jews were injured.
