3 h. ago The firebrand plotting to turn Britain Green: He's been an Extinction Rebellion activist, a 'boob whisperer' hypnotist and an actor, now he wants to win over virtue

Zack Polanski posted pictures on his social media showing his backing for Palestine Action, the organisation accused of breaking into an RAF base and vandalising aircraft.

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9 h. ago Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out | Juliet Stevenson

We have laws to deal with crimes linked to protest. What this is really about is a government complicit in the Gaza atrocities seeking to silence dissentJuliet Stevenson is an award-winning actorStrongly worded emails are not doing it. Appeals to MPs are not doing it. Taking to the streets in our hundreds of thousands with banners and placards is not working. Elected representatives from every party in parliament have stood in the Commons and asked the government to act. Some government ministers themselves have condemned Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Every poll of public opinion shows that the nation demands we stop arming Israel, and wants to see an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire. But none of these things are working.Keir Starmer and his cabinet remain impervious to all calls for humanitarian intervention, and Israel is still killing children in Gaza with the support of the British government.Juliet Stevenson is an award-winning actor Continue read...

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10 h. ago Palestine Action makes legal bid to block government from putting it on the banned list under anti

Palestine Action today began its legal bid to block the government from putting it on the banned list under anti-terror legislation.

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15 h. ago UK campaign group Palestine Action to challenge government ban

UK campaign group Palestine Action to challenge government ban  Reuters

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15 h. 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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16 h. ago Judge grants Palestine Action urgent hearing to try to stop ban taking effect

Co-founder of protest group to be given opportunity to apply for ‘interim relief’ to prevent proscription orderUK politics live – latest updatesPalestine Action has been granted an urgent high court hearing on Friday to try to prevent a banning order against it from coming into effect.An order was laid before parliament on Monday that would proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation, making being a member of or inviting support for Palestine Action a criminal offence carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in jail. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Russia pays young Ukrainians to be unwitting suicide bombers in shadow war

Oleh, 19, was offered $1,000 for a paint attack on a police station – but the bag he was given contained a crude bombOleh found the job via a Telegram channel offering day work and side gigs. It sounded easy enough: he was to travel from his home in eastern Ukraine to the western city of Rivne, pick up a rucksack containing a paint canister and spray it outside the local police station.It would require nimble feet to flee the scene without being caught, but the money on offer – $1,000 – was good, fantastic even, for what amounted to a morning’s work for the 19-year-old. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Palestine Action to legally challenge proscription under anti

An urgent hearing was held in the High Court on Monday for an application for judicial review on behalf of one of the founders.

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18 h. ago Palestine Action protest at Woolwich crown court as activists appear in the dock

Eighteen Palestine Action activists are awaiting trial on burglary and criminal damage charges

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26 h. ago Judges to rule on Palestinian group’s legal action over Israel military exports

Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq is taking legal action against the Department for Business and Trade over exports of parts for F-35 jets.

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37 h. ago Palestine Action is part of Britain's proud history of protest. Proscribing it is an assault on democracy | Suresh Grover

Through decades of anti-racist campaigning, I have seen that peaceful, direct action can be the only way to get results Suresh Grover is founder of the Southall Monitoring Group and has led campaigns to help the families of Stephen Lawrence, Zahid Mubarek and Victoria ClimbiéThe facts are not disputed. On 20 June, two activists spray-painted two RAF Voyager aircraft at Brize Norton, where flights regularly leave for RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. No person inside the compound was harmed.At worst, these actions may amount to offences around criminal damage and trespass. The former justice secretary Lord Falconer has stated that the action at Brize Norton would not justify outlawing the group.Suresh Grover is founder of the Southall Monitoring Group and has led campaigns to help the families of Stephen Lawrence, Zahid Mubarek and Victoria Climbié Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Palestine Action documentary makers fear being criminalised under anti

Exclusive: Directors of To Kill a War Machine take legal advice as Home Office plans to proscribe protest groupThe makers of an award-winning documentary about Palestine Action say they fear they will be criminalised if they continue distributing the work after the group is banned under anti-terror laws.The online release of To Kill a War Machine was brought forward to this week after it emerged that the Home Office was going to proscribe the protest group, which takes direct action against Israeli arms companies in the UK. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago The witchcraft artist, the Christian anarchist and the daughter of an NHS surgeon behind Palestine Action's plot to attack more RAF bases

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said she intends to ban Palestine Action under Section 3 of the Terrorism Act after its notorious break-in at RAF Brize Norton - but just who are the ringleaders?

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57 h. ago Two more men arrested after planes at RAF base vandalised 'by Palestine Action'

The incident has been claimed by soon-to-be-banned campaign group Palestine Action

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57 h. ago Two further terror arrests after vandalism of planes at RAF base

The spray painting was claimed by soon-to-be banned campaign group Palestine Action.

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62 h. ago Revealed: Palestine Action's recruitment 'ringleader' is an anti

The recruitment ringleader for Palestine Action has been revealed to be an anti-colonial artist who refers to herself as a 'witch'. 

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2 d. ago ‘It’s a complete assault on free speech’: how Palestine Action was targeted for proscription as terrorists

It started as a group of activists on a budget – now it could be banned under terrorism laws. But were lobbyists behind the proposed ban?If this interview had taken place in a week’s time, Huda Ammori might have been arrested. If this interview had been published in a week’s time, the Guardian might also have been breaking the law.Ammori, a co-founder of Palestine Action, said she was finding it “very hard to absorb the reality of what’s happening here”. She said: “I don’t have a single conviction but if this goes through I would have co-founded what will be a terrorist organisation.” Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Free speech target or terrorist gang? The inside story of Palestine Action – and the plan to ban it

It started as a group of activists on a budget – now it could be banned under terrorism laws. But were lobbyists behind the proposed ban?If this interview had taken place in a week’s time, Huda Ammori might have been arrested. If this interview had been published in a week’s time, the Guardian might also have been breaking the law.Ammori, a co-founder of Palestine Action, said she was finding it “very hard to absorb the reality of what’s happening here”. She said: “I don’t have a single conviction but if this goes through I would have co-founded what will be a terrorist organisation.” Continue reading...

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3 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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3 d. ago Four people are arrested by terror cops after aircraft is vandalised at RAF Brize Norton

Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence after two aircrafts were damaged at RAF Brize Norton, police have said.

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