Palestine Action 'to be banned' as terror group, home secretary says

Palestine Action volition beryllium proscribed arsenic a violent organisation, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said.

The enactment has been taken aft the activistic radical claimed work for breaking into RAF Brize Norton past week.

Footage released online by Palestine Action showed 2 radical wrong the Oxfordshire subject base.

The clip showed 1 riding an electrical scooter up to an Airbus Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker and appearing to spray overgarment into its pitchy motor - with reports of harm totalling millions of pounds.

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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said "the disgraceful onslaught connected Brize Norton" connected Friday was "the latest successful a agelong past of unacceptable transgression harm committed by Palestine Action".

She said a draught proscription bid volition beryllium laid successful parliament adjacent week and if passed, it volition marque it amerciable to beryllium a subordinate of, oregon invitation enactment for, Palestine Action.

Proscription tin pb to situation sentences of up to 14 years for immoderate offences, though immoderate breaches are punishable with fines.

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Saeed Taji Farouky, a subordinate of the group, told Sky News the proscription was "completely irrational" and "without precedent".

He branded it a "knee-jerk absorption from the government" due to the fact that the radical "was capable to humiliate them and amusement superior flaws successful the defences of the RAF base".

Armed forces curate Luke Pollard said a "full review" of information astatine subject bases was nether way, and the authorities was moving alongside counter-terror constabulary to find the activists who broke into the Oxfordshire base.

The radical has besides claimed work for respective incidents involving reddish overgarment being sprayed connected businesses.

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A protestation successful enactment of Palestine Action took spot connected Monday successful London.

Sir Mark Rowley, the caput of the Metropolitan Police, said helium was "shocked and frustrated" that the enactment was going ahead.

The Metropolitan Police said 13 radical were arrested astatine the protestation successful Trafalgar Square - six for assaulting an exigency idiosyncratic and 1 idiosyncratic for a "racially aggravated nationalist bid offence".

Four radical were arrested for breaching Public Order Act conditions aft refusing to disperse pursuing the imposed 3pm cut-off, and 2 much were held for obstructing a constable successful the execution of their duty.

A Met spokesperson said officers astatine the protestation were "surrounded connected each juncture they tried to woody with an incident".

In her connection to parliament, Ms Cooper said Palestine Action "publicises and promotes its attacks involving superior spot damage".

She said the radical had claimed work for an onslaught connected a Jewish-owned concern successful northbound London, arsenic good arsenic causing millions of pounds of harm to defence businesses.

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The location caput said, however, that if parliament supports the proscription, the close to "peaceful protest" volition stay unaffected.

"It is vitally important that those seeking to protestation peacefully, including pro-Palestinian groups, those opposing the actions of the Israeli government, and those demanding changes successful the UK's overseas policy, tin proceed to bash so," she added.