28 h. ago British group Palestine Action seeks to pause government ban

British group Palestine Action seeks to pause government ban  Reuters

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38 h. ago Bid to temporarily block Palestine Action ban to be heard at High Court

Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action, is seeking to bring a legal challenge against the Home Office over the decision to ban the group.

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4 d. ago Bob Vylan claim they are being ‘targeted’ for speaking up about Palestine

The group made headlines after leading chants against the Israel Defence Forces during their livestreamed Glastonbury performance.

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5 d. ago Palestine Action seeking legal challenge against UK Government bid to ban group

An urgent hearing was held at the High Court on Monday after Palestine Action said they were left with "no choice".

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7 d. ago New Hampshire lawsuit seeks to stop politicization of youth center abuse victims' fund

A newly filed class action lawsuit in New Hampshire seeks to block changes to an out-of-court settlement fund for victims of child abuse at the state's youth detention center

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7 d. ago Palestine Action say their jailed members are spreading 'intifada' in Britain's prisons after plot to target more RAF bases was revealed

A former prisoner and Palestine Action activist said the British state had made a 'miscalculation' in locking him up - and he had persuaded others to join the 'intifada' or 'uprising'.

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1 week ago I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti

Rightwingers in Israel and the US claim they are defending LGBTQ+ rights while Gaza’s people are killed. Don’t dare do this in our namePride has never been apolitical, but in recent years, particularly after the Israeli occupation’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip after 7 October 2023, the coalition of queer rights in the west has felt increasingly fractured.In Berlin, the city I call home, Pride events have splintered along political lines as Palestine has been a recurring point of contention. According to organisers of Internationalist Queer Pride Berlin (IQP Berlin), a split between two major alternative Pride events followed an incident in which the initial organisers called police to the event after participants expressed solidarity by chanting “free Palestine”. Meanwhile, at Berlin’s official Pride parade, attenders have previously waved rainbow and Israeli flags as they marched through Berlin alongside an Israeli embassy float.Jad Salfiti is a British-Palestinian video producer a...

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1 week ago AIMEE WALSH: 'Palestine activists aren't terrorists, as Labour seek to ban group lobbying for Gaza freedom'

Protest is a civil right, so why are the British Government planning to proscribe Palestine Action? Critic Aimee Walsh argues that the Labour government is weak on what matters: the genocide in Gaza

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2 w. ago Huge turnout at a second Dutch protest seeking government action against Israel

Tens of thousands of demonstrators in the Netherlands have donned red and marched to protest the Dutch government’s policy towards Israel, exceeding the turnout for a similar event in May

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3 w. ago Israel's fury over British sanctions on ministers: Pair accused of inciting violence against Palestinians hit back against government bars

Security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich will be subject to a travel ban and asset freeze. Foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar said it was 'outrageous'.

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3 w. ago Israeli forces take control of Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg

The British-flagged yacht Madleen, operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was aiming to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to GazaActivists accuse Israel of ‘forcibly intercepting’ ship – liveIsraeli forces have taken command of a vessel that tried to challenge its naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, with the boat and its crew of 12 including activist Greta Thunberg now heading to a port in Israel, officials said on Sunday.The British-flagged yacht Madleen, which is operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), was aiming to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza later on Monday and raise international awareness of the humanitarian crisis there. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago British Palestinians urge action from Government as relatives starve in Gaza

The group is asking the Government to impose comprehensive economic and diplomatic sanctions on Israel.

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