Havering Council in East London announced in a statement that it will not be erecting its traditional Hanukkah menorah outside town hall due to growing political tensions.
A London council announced Thursday it was axing the planned installation of a Hanukkah menorah outside the town hall for fear of "inflaming tensions" within the community, making explicit reference to Middle Eastern "tensions." The Havering Council's apparent act of "surrender" did not sit well.