cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33390661
Sammy Gecsoyler
Sat 19 Jul 2025 14.41 EDTDemonstrations were held in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and Truro on Saturday as part of a campaign coordinated by Defend Our Juries.
In London’s Parliament Square, beside the Mahatma Gandhi statue, police officers surrounded people at an event at which signs were held that read “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”.
A woman who was detained in Parliament Square said: “We demand that #Palestine Action is de-proscribed.
“Our government is not only arming a genocide, they are using terrorism laws to silence people who speak out."
Making Palestine action a terrorist group is a fucking outrage. Tel Aviv Keith is an authoritarian israeli
While I would normally agree that labeling a protest group as terrorists would be government overreach, I’m not sure if that is true for Palestine Action. Their protests have more similarity with terrorist actions than I would be comfortable with
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/4/palestine-action-what-has-the-group-done-as-it-faces-a-ban
Particularly the last bullet point in that article is a big one
In June 2025, the group carried out one of its most provocative actions to date: infiltrating RAF Brize Norton, the UK’s largest airbase. Activists used electric scooters to breach security and vandalised military aircraft with red paint.
You can’t break into a military base, vandalize property, and expect the government not to do anything about that.
I’m all for pro-Palestinian protests and standing with Palestine, but this is not it.
