NEARLY 1,700 council candidates have made the “Pledge for Palestine” ahead of the May local elections, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) announced today.The best represented party was the Greens, making up 1,086 of the 1,688 who made the vow to “take all appropriate steps” to uphold the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and stand up to Israel for its crimes of genocide and apartheid.