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British authorities volition usage antiterrorism laws to prohibition run organisation successful the aftermath of harm to planes by activists.
Published On 23 Jun 2025
The British authorities has said it volition deploy antiterrorism laws to prohibition Palestine Action, a salient run organisation that has protested against Israel’s genocidal warfare successful Gaza and the United Kingdom’s relation successful supporting it, successful the aftermath of its activists damaging 2 subject planes.
Protesters clashed with constabulary successful London’s Trafalgar Square connected Monday astatine a objection successful solidarity with Palestine Action. The assemblage moved towards constabulary erstwhile officers tried to detain someone, portion protesters chanted “let them go”.
The government’s determination volition marque it a transgression offence to beryllium to the pro-Palestinian radical and efficaciously spot them successful the aforesaid class arsenic Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda oregon ISIL (ISIS) nether British law.
It would beryllium amerciable for anyone to beforehand Palestine Action oregon beryllium a member. Those who breach the prohibition could look up to 14 years successful prison.
Activists from the radical broke into a Royal Air Force (RAF) base successful cardinal England past week and claimed to person damaged 2 subject craft to protestation against the UK government’s enactment for Israel’s warfare connected Gaza.
Palestine Action said 2 of its members entered the RAF Brize Norton subject basal successful Oxfordshire, spraying overgarment into the engines of the Voyager craft and attacking them with crowbars.
“Despite publically condemning the Israeli government, Britain continues to nonstop subject cargo, alert spy planes implicit Gaza and refuel U.S./Israeli combatant jets,” the radical said successful a connection connected Friday, posting a video of the incidental connected X.
The radical said the reddish overgarment “symbolising Palestinian bloodshed was besides sprayed crossed the runway and a Palestine emblem was near connected the scene”.
It said the activists were capable to exit the subject installation undetected and debar arrest.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the “vandalism” arsenic “disgraceful”.
There has been condemnation of the government’s determination connected Monday. Labour Party MP Apsana Begum said: “Proscribing Palestine Action arsenic ‘terrorists’ portion continuing to nonstop arms to a authorities that is committing the gravest of crimes against humanity successful Gaza is not conscionable unjustifiable, it is chilling. The ongoing crackdown connected the close to protestation is simply a menace to america all.”
Palestine Action called the constabulary effect to the solidarity protestation “draconian”.
Draconian effect by the constabulary astatine the protestation successful solidarity with Palestine Action.
They privation to prohibition us, they banned our protestation astatine parliament and present they onslaught us.
The radical volition not beryllium intimidated.
WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION. pic.twitter.com/CsmebIriek
— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) June 23, 2025
Weekly protests successful the UK person drawn tens of thousands of radical opposed to Israel’s warfare connected Gaza and its besieged and bombarded population, arsenic good arsenic Britain’s proviso of weapons to the Israeli military, which the authorities says it has suspended but inactive continues.
NGO Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) recovered the UK accrued its licences to Israel for subject instrumentality aft the authorities announced a impermanent arms suspension successful September 2024.
The authorities besides refused to suspend the shipment of components of F-35 fighters, arguing it would origin a “profound interaction connected planetary bid and security”.
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Al Jazeera and quality agencies
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