Common themes to the Niagara Foundation story posted today….”the mayor came under a firestorm of criticism from local left-wing parties and pro-Palestinian activists… on Thursday he announced he was revoking the proposal…” 

TIMES OF ISRAEL
by Daniel Bernstein
June 25, 2015

A plan to link the cities of Amsterdam and Tel Aviv as twin towns was canceled Thursday after pro-Palestinian groups pressured the Dutch capital’s mayor into backtracking on his proposal. Amsterdam Mayor Eberhard Van der Laan, who attended Tel Aviv’s annual gay pride parade earlier this month, had expressed on several occasions his admiration of the White City, its tolerance toward the LGBTQ community and its booming startup scene. But after announcing his intention to tighten connections between the two cities, the mayor came under a firestorm of criticism from local left-wing parties and pro-Palestinian activists, Channel 2 reported Thursday. In an attempt to assuage mounting disapproval, Van der Laan tried to push a compromise by which Amsterdam would also become a sister city of the Palestinian metropolis of Ramallah. But his compromise proposal failed to ease tensions, and on Thursday he announced he was revoking the proposal. READ MORE