ABSTRACT
Town twinning has a boring image. People tend to be rather derisive about it: ‘gesture politics’, ‘junkets to distant locations for mayors and municipal officials keen to travel. In other words: irrelevant, ineffective and corny. It therefore came as quite a surprise when, early in 2015, Amsterdam’s plans to twin with Tel Aviv and Ramallah caused a real stir. Clearly the concept had some relevance after all.
