{"id":4219,"date":"2025-06-24T08:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T08:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2025-06-24T09:16:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:16:56","slug":"uk-seeks-to-ban-pro-palestinian-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/uk-seeks-to-ban-pro-palestinian-group\/","title":{"rendered":"UK seeks to ban pro-Palestinian group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activists who spray-painted a British warplane last week could be branded as terrorists<\/strong><\/p>\n

The British government will ask lawmakers to ban a pro-Palestinian activist group as a terrorist organization, following an incident in which its members breached a military air base and sprayed paint into a warplane\u2019s engine.<\/p>\n

UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper confirmed the plan Monday, writing to Parliament that she would submit the proposal next week. She described the \u201cdisgraceful attack\u201d<\/em> on Brize Norton base as \u201cthe latest in a long history of unacceptable criminal damage\u201d<\/em> by the group. If approved, the measure would make it illegal to be a member of or express support for Palestine Action.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2020, Palestine Action has sought to disrupt British military support for Israel. The group has targeted local arms factories operated by Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. Its confrontational tactics have gained support amid Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Cooper accused Palestine Action of jeopardizing national security by disrupting weapons supplies to Ukraine, NATO nations and other partners. She also alleged that its actions impact \u201cinnocent members of the public fleeing for safety and subjected to violence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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A letter sent to Cooper\u2019s office by Kellys Solicitors, a legal firm representing the group called the proposed ban \u201cwholly unprecedented\u201d<\/em> and likened the move to equating the protesters with the terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (formerly ISIS). The letter described the move as \u201cunhinged\u201d<\/em> and \u201can unlawful, dangerous and ill-thought-out attack on freedom of expression and assembly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The firm also accused Cooper of mischaracterizing the group\u2019s actions, saying they are not directed at individuals and only occasionally result in property damage.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe real crime here is not red paint being sprayed on these warplanes, but the war crimes that have been enabled with those planes because of the UK government\u2019s complicity in Israel\u2019s genocide,\u201d<\/em> the letter stated.<\/p>\n

In an editorial, The Guardian criticized the proposal, warning that if passed, \u201cthe threshold of terrorism will have been lowered from plotting to plant bombs or take hostages to daubing aircraft or chaining oneself to doors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Several lawmakers have voiced opposition. Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn called the proposal \u201cthe desperate cries of a draconian government trying to shield itself from accountability\u201d<\/em> for its support of Israel. Independent MP Shockat Adam echoed that sentiment, saying the measure is \u201cas absurd as it is authoritarian.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Activists who spray-painted a British warplane last week could be branded as terrorists The British government will ask lawmakers to ban a pro-Palestinian activist group as a terrorist organization, following an incident in which its members breached a military air base and sprayed paint into a warplane\u2019s engine. UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper confirmed the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4219"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4222,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions\/4222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}