37 m. ago 'Terrorist' protest group Palestine Action clash with police as government tries to ban them after they broke into RAF base and vandalised plane

Hundreds of activists waving Palestinian flags and holding placards gathered at Trafalgar Square today.

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52 m. ago Palestine Action protest: Demonstrators gather in London after ban

Palestine Action protest: Demonstrators gather in London after ban  The Telegraph

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2 h. ago Who are Palestine Action and why is the UK government banning them?

The UK-based group has been targeting arms manufacturers in the UK since 2020

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3 h. ago Labour backlash at plan to ban Palestine Action after vandalism of RAF planes

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is due to update MPs later on proposals to make it a criminal offence to belong to or support the group.

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4 h. ago Proscribing Palestine Action a terrorist group may be ‘escalation too far’

Baroness Shami Chakrabarti: It’s ‘one thing’ to be a threat to property, but it is ‘another thing altogether’ for a whole group to be proscribed as terrorists

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4 h. ago Banning Palestine Action may be ‘escalation too far’, says Labour peer

The concerns come as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will update Parliament on Monday on the Government’s plan to ban Palestine Action.

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8 h. ago Met chief ‘shocked’ at Palestine Action support protest as Home Secretary moves to ban group

The Home Secretary will update Parliament on the Government’s plan to ban Palestine Action following its vandalism of two planes at an RAF base

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17 h. ago Sir Mark Rowley ‘shocked’ at planned protest in support of Palestine Action

The Home Secretary will update Parliament on the Government’s plan to ban Palestine Action following its vandalism of two planes at an RAF base.

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34 h. ago Humza Yousaf says Westminster must review its 'moral compass' over Palestine Action ban

Humza Yousaf said Westminster’s decision to ban Palestine Action, effectively branding them a terrorist organisation, was unacceptable.

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67 h. ago Campaign group Palestine Action set to be banned after aircraft were vandalised at RAF Brize Norton

The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has decided to proscribe the group, making it a criminal offence to belong to or support Palestine Action.

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last month Labour figures urge recognition of Palestinian state at UN conference

Ministers told ‘symbols matter’ and move would give Palestine stronger footing in future peace talksMinisters are under pressure from inside and outside Labour to recognise Palestinian statehood at a UN conference next month, with party grandees arguing it would bolster prospects for peace and demonstrate moral leadership amid escalating tensions. Alf Dubs, the veteran Labour peer and Holocaust survivor, said the symbolic recognition of a Palestinian state would offer Palestinians “the self-respect they’d have if they had a proper state,” and provide them a stronger footing in any future peace negotiations.“Even if it doesn’t lead to anything immediately, it would still give Palestinians a better standing,” Lord Dubs said. “Symbols matter.” The former cabinet minister Peter Hain echoed the call, warning that “delaying recognition until negotiations are concluded simply allows Israel’s illegal occupation to become permanent”. Lord Hain argued that formal recognition should be “a cata...

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