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After hearing from 78 speakers, the Boulder City Council voted 7-2 in favor of the Boulder Nablus Sister City Project, making Nablus Boulder's 8th sister city.

Last week the BJN reported that the Boulder City Council will consider whether Nablus should be approved as Boulder's latest Sister City. Since then, we have learned some additional information that we want to share.

The Boulder City Council has scheduled a re-hearing on the BNSCP Nablus Sister City application for December 13th. Find out how to express your opinion.

Boulder is seeking community members interested in being part of a working group to provide guidance on the city's controversial consideration of Nablus, Palestine, as its eighth international sister city.

The BNSCP Application for sister city approval will NOT be heard Tuesday evening. It is OFF the agenda, and there is NOT a date certain or time frame for when it will be taken up again.

Letters or emails to Council are due by noon this Thursday, April 14th. Find out how you can make your voice heard.

For Bill Cohen, the debate hearkened back to a similar proposal in the 1980s - to link Boulder with Dushanbe. Hear his interview on Radio Chavura.

Boulder's elected officials decided against establishing a sister-city relationship with the Palestinian city of Nablus.

There are many ways to say the Boulder Nablus Sister City Project is an ill-conceived way to create person to person understanding, a stated goal of the sister city concept.

A look at the films shown by the group proposing Nablus as a sister city makes it clear this is not a non-political project as the group claims.

The upcoming Boulder City Council hearing is the last opportunity to make our voices heard on this important subject.

The Boulder City Council has set the public hearing on the proposed Boulder Nablus Sister City Project. Please plan to attend.

Several community members ask for community help. Read why.

The May workshop, “The Middle East: Myths and Realities,” will give an in-depth background of the compelling history of the Middle East and an understanding of the political and social dynamics of the area.