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‘What date did Hamas attack Israel?’ – inside the council’s 7 October blunder

Internal messages reveal officers had moved the closing date forward from the end of October

‘What date did Hamas attack Israel?’ – inside the council’s 7 October blunder
Internal Google Chat messages, 29 July: the mayor asks for the closing date to be changed. A junior officer’s first name has been obscured by the Hackney Citizen. Image: London Borough of Hackney, released under FOI 48532763
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Hackney Council brought forward the deadline for views on ending the borough’s twinning with Haifa from the end of October to 7 October – the anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel – three days after the mayor was told the consultation would run until the end of the month, documents show.

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