Pro-Palestinian activists in custody over damaged U.K. planes - "Four pro-Palestinian protesters were held in custody Thursday after their first appearance in a London court on charges they damaged two Royal Air Force planes with red paint and crowbars. The charges come after the group Palestine Action said two of its members entered RAF Brize Norton on June 20 and used electric scooters to approach two Voyager jets used for air-to-air refueling. The protesters used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray paint into the planes’ jet engines and caused further damage with crowbars, according to the group, which released video footage of the incident... Following the incident at RAF Brize Norton, the government introduced legislation to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organization. The measure, being debated in Parliament, would make it a criminal offense to belong to or support the group, with a maximum of 14 years in prison."
Clearly, this is more censorship of "pro-Palestinian" "speech"
The 11 MPs supporting Palestine Action - "Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott are among 11 MPs who have voiced support of Palestine Action despite plans by the Government to proscribe it as a terrorist organisation. Days after Palestine Action protesters clashed with police in central London, the former Labour leader, who sits as an independent MP, said banning the group was “an outrageous and authoritarian crackdown on the right to oppose genocide”... The move came three days after Palestine Action broke into Brize Norton RAF base and vandalised two military planes at a potential cost of millions of pounds. Ms Cooper said the “disgraceful” act was only the latest in a “long history of unacceptable criminal damage” that has targeted defence firms, universities and charities... Among others who have spoken out in support of Palestine Action are two Green Party MPs, the Westminster leader of Plaid Cymru and Zarah Sultana, a Labour MP who is currently suspended. Ms Sultana wrote on X: “We are all Palestine Action,” a statement that would be a criminal offence if posted after its official designation as a terror group. Lord Walney, the former Labour MP and government adviser on political violence, said that any MP expressing defiant support for an organisation about to be proscribed is incredibly serious. He urged Labour to expel Ms Sultana. He said: “Ms Sultana is still bound by the Labour Party’s code of conduct, even while she is suspended, so it is about time the party formally expels her, particularly given Palestine Action’s record of violence and intimidation of workers.” But she is not the only Labour MP to support the group. Kim Johnson, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, said: “Palestine Action targets property, not lives. This is a dangerous attack on civil liberties. We must defend the right to protest.”"
Of course, good luck if the "far right" were to break into a military base and spray paint an aircraft, even if they didn't damage it. The left would be screeching for ages about how they should all be jailed for life
Seven people charged following Palestine Action protest - "Seven people have been charged following a Palestine Action protest in central London on Monday where 13 were arrested. The charges include a racially aggravated public order offence, assaulting an emergency worker and breaching the Public Order Act, the Metropolitan Police said. A 31-year-old woman has also been cautioned for assaulting an emergency worker."
Britain must wake up to the enemy within - "It’s not often you see communists taking a stand for free speech and civil liberties. But in the eyes of the Morning Star, it seems, drastic times call for drastic measures. In a scandalised editorial this week, it thundered that the Home Secretary’s decision to outlaw Palestine Action as a terrorist group is “a dangerous assault on our freedoms”. Ah, yes. The ancient and inviolable freedom of every patriotic Englishman to break into his own country’s military bases and cause tens of millions of pounds’ worth of damage to our aircraft. Thanks for the reminder, Comrades. I bet the Soviet Union was always cheerfully tolerant of any gangs of intruders caught ramming crowbars into the engine of a Lavochkin La-7. “Come on, give the traitorous saboteurs a break,” Stalin would chuckle indulgently. “They’re just exercising their democratic right to peaceful protest!”... frankly, instead of wailing about how mean and horrid Yvette Cooper is, these Israel-hating headbangers should be grateful they’re alive. Break into most countries’ airbases, and within two seconds you’ll be riddled with more holes than a porcupine’s underpants. Palestine Action, though, shouldn’t be the only object of our contempt. If anything, we should be even more disgusted by the people who condone them. Not just the ones screeching and raving outside Parliament – but the ones screeching and raving inside it, too. Because, incredible as it may seem, Palestine Action has been defended by numerous sitting MPs. Jeremy Corbyn claims that banning the group represents “a draconian assault on democratic right to protest”. Kim Johnson, Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, calls it “a dangerous attack on civil liberties”. Richard Burgon, Labour MP for Leeds East, seems to think these crowbar-wielding thugs are “non-violent”. Most mind-boggling of all, however, is the attitude of Zarah Sultana, the suspended Labour MP for Coventry South – who, on Tuesday, proudly proclaimed: “We are all Palestine Action.” “We”? Who’s “we”? I don’t know about you, but I for one have never been accused in court of assaulting police officers with a sledgehammer. Nor have I smashed up a Jewish-owned business in north London. Or posted a photo of a handgun on Instagram, with the caption: “Resist! By any means necessary”. And, to the best of my recollection, I’ve never sabotaged any RAF planes, either. Still, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by the past week’s events. Because for some time now it’s been clear that the anti-Israel Left is growing ever more extreme. What started with the weekly hate marches has mutated into something truly unhinged. In the past few days alone, we’ve seen protesters in London flying Iranian flags, and brandishing placards that praise the Ayatollah for being on “the right side of history”. We’ve seen loons from “Queers for Palestine” (I know it sounds like a spoof, but they’re real) disrupting an LGBTQIA+ parade in Cardiff, because they preposterously accuse Pride Cymru of having “ties to the Israeli war machine”. This weekend, meanwhile, Glastonbury will welcome the anti-Israel rap group Kneecap, even though one member has been charged with a terror offence after allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah. Oh, and the same festival is also due to host a talk by an activist for guess who: Palestine Action. We often talk about this fanaticism as a problem we’ve “imported”. But the truth is, all too many of today’s militant monomaniacs were born in Britain. Numberless hordes of them are white, middle-class – and so deranged with loathing for what they call “Zionists”, they’ll even cheer an attack on an RAF base. At best, these people have lost their marbles. But at worst, they’re becoming a threat to national security. For the sake of our future, Britain must wake up to the enemy within – or this country is finished...
Nearly half of all Palestine Action protests have been violent"
Man charged under Terrorism Act over Palestine Action poster : r/unitedkingdom - "'A man was charged on Saturday outside the TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow for wearing a T-shirt bearing the message "Genocide in Palestine Time to Take Action." The words "Palestine" and "action" were in larger typeface than the rest of the text.'
Support a proscribed terror group?"
"You're definitely not a silly goose
What is the message in my above comment? Challenge IMPOSSIBLE."
The left are obsessed with dog whistles when that pushes the left wing agenda, but are amazingly blind when it suits them
‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group - "Hinton is among more than 200 Britons who have been arrested in recent months for peacefully protesting about the war in Gaza and the designation by the British government of an activist group, Palestine Action, as a terrorist organisation. They say the ban is a draconian clampdown on freedom of expression, and runs counter to a proud tradition of protest and civil disobedience in the UK that includes the suffragettes’ campaign a century ago for women’s right to vote and marches against nuclear weapons in the 1950s... The situation came to a head in June, when activists from the group allegedly caused £7m ($9.5m) of damage to two Royal Air Force planes at a UK military base, using red paint and crowbars, in a major security breach. Palestine Action later released video footage of the action and said the UK was “an active participant in the Gaza genocide and war crimes across the Middle East”."
When the country gives terrorist supporters treatment ranging from benign neglect to support, then realizes that the beast has grown too big
Supporting a terrorist organisation is freedom of expression. But good luck if you say something "transphobic"
Naturally, there're left wingers claiming that "It's only a bit of paint mate" (ignoring the crowbars - nor that paint causes damage when it goes where it's not supposed to go). One claimed the sledgehammer attack on a police officer was only "alleged". There were also left wingers claiming that it was false flag, when Palestine Action itself crowed about their terrorism
More than 500 people arrested after Palestine Action protest - with about a half aged 60 and above - "Around half of them (259) were aged 60 and above - including almost 100 people who were in their 70s... Among the arrests, six were for assaults on officers (none were seriously injured), one was for "obstructing a constable in the execution of his/her duty", two were for breaching Section 14 Public Order Act conditions, and one was for a racially aggravated public order offence."
"Ok, boomer"
Damn suppression of pro-Palestinian speech!
Man charged under Terrorism Act over Palestine Action poster : r/unitedkingdom - "The serious violence required by the act isn't a couple of minor assaults that required no extended stay in hospital. If that was the bar lots of people would be terrorists."
More than 500 people arrested after Palestine Action protest - with about a half aged 60 and above | UK News : r/BreakingUKNews - "separate from their manuals telling people to target military bases, to create covert undercover cells as well as a whole bunch more that makes them terrorists - first they celebrated october 7th and i said nothing , then they said the al aqsa flood needs to be a tsunami and i said nothing, then they said no one sympathetic to israel should feel safe in public and i said nothing, then they started attacking jewish businesses and i said nothing - then they started arresting people who supported the above and i said “this is how fascism starts”"
"Fascism" is anything that hurts the left wing agenda
Police officer hit with sledgehammer near Bristol - "A police officer was taken to hospital after being hit with a sledgehammer while responding to reports of criminal damage... Employees and police officers who intervened were assaulted, Avon and Somerset Constabulary said, and six people were arrested. Sledgehammers, axes, whips and other homemade weapons were seized, police added. During the incident, two officers were assaulted with a sledgehammer, police said. One of the officers was taken to hospital with injuries to her back and has since been discharged, while the other officer received medical treatment at the scene after being struck on the back of his legs. An employee of the business was also treated by paramedics for an injury to their head... Videos shared to social media by campaign group Palestine Action showed people using tools to cut into the warehouse, damaging equipment inside the building and spraying red paint on the premises. The direct action group says it aims to disrupt arms sales to Israel, and claims Elbit Systems UK sells equipment to the state's army. Elbit Systems UK Limited has previously said in court it does not supply Israel with arms."
habibi on X - "Humza Yousaf would like you to know that he stands proudly with the racist vandals of "Palestine Action". Just as you might expect from a man who took part in the ugly hatred rally for terrorists and the regime in London yesterday. What on earth was the SNP ever thinking?"
Zarah Sultana MP on X - "You can repair a plane. You can replace a broken window. But you can’t bring back the dead. We must defend the right to protest. Solidarity with Palestine Action 🇵🇸"
Andy Ngo on X - "A British lawmaker has expressed support for an extremist group that carried out a domestic terrorist attack on a military base. Palestine Action is expected to be banned by the left-wing government as a terrorist group following a series of violent attacks."
RAF base vandalism not enough to justify Palestine Action ban, says ex-minister : r/unitedkingdom - "Said it in a different thread But plane engines fail checks for literally anything. Millimetre dings on metal parts will fail an engine. What they did is treason, they rendered several military assets in need of repair and review. That doesn’t even take into account that they did this under the guise of supporting Palestine. So they’re basically supporting another ‘state’ by damaging our military assets. A ban of their organisation is lucky, 100~ years ago we executed people for less."
UK: Banning Palestine Action 'a disturbing legal overreach' by UK Government, Amnesty International UK Chief Executive warns - "‘Instead of taking draconian measures to [proscribe Palestine Action], the Government should be taking immediate and unequivocal action to put a stop to Israel’s genocide and end any risk of UK complicity in it’ – Sacha Deshmukh"
No surprise they literally support terrorism, given their stance onPalestine
Councillors wear Palestine Action t-shirts in Newry as PSNI issues warning ahead of protests - "Councillor Alan Lawes of Meath County Council said his intention in showing support for Palestine Action last night was to “expose the hypocrisy of Keir Starmer’s Government in banning a non-violent direct action protest group while also supplying weapons to slaughter children in Gaza”... Lawes said his action in Newry was in “solidarity with the peaceful protesters arrested in London at the weekend in a disgraceful attempt to muzzle voices opposing the Israeli genocide”... Protests are planned in Belfast and across the North this weekend and the PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Anthony McNally warned anyone planning to protest “to ensure they act within the law”. He said the move to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act “has no impact on other groups’ or individuals’ right to protest about Gaza”."
I love the doublethink. Attacking people with sledgehammers is peaceful, non-violent protest and direct action
Anger as Met chief compares pro-Israel protesters to ‘stupid’ football fans - "Sir Mark Rowley has sparked anger after comparing pro-Israel protesters who confronted Palestine Action to “damn stupid” football fans. Sir Mark, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, accused two Jewish counter-protesters who waved the Israeli flag at the demonstration on Monday of attempting to “create an incident”. Isaac Grand, 22, and another Jewish man, 28, who declined to be named, had to take refuge on a double-decker bus after they were surrounded by a “mob” chanting “Zionist scum” at the protest in Trafalgar Square, central London. They have accused the Met of “two-tier policing” after footage shared with The Telegraph showed an officer telling them that “waving an Israeli flag” could be a breach of the peace. Sir Mark hit back at the two men on Monday, telling LBC’s Nick Ferrari that their claims were “disingenuous” before comparing their actions to a Tottenham Hotspur supporter waving a club flag in a crowd of Arsenal fans. “This is a couple of individuals being disingenuous in what they’re saying there,” he said. “They chose to walk into the middle of the Palestine Action protest and then reveal the Israeli flags. “Just as if you were a Spurs fan and walked into the middle of a bunch of Arsenal fans at a heated local derby and then started waving Spurs flags, the police would hoick you out of there, wouldn’t they, and say: ‘Don’t be so damn stupid. You’re going to start a fight.’ “And they’d take them out of there for their own protection. It’s no different to that whatsoever. It’s not about two-tier policing.”... Responding to Sir Mark’s remarks, Mr Grand told The Telegraph: “Sir Mark Rowley’s rhetoric is akin to a rape victim being told it was her fault for dressing ‘provocatively’. “Rowley is now in a damage control campaign, maligning us to justify his ‘two-tier’ mob policing strategy. We are not hooligans. We just reminisce for a Britain where there was free speech and a justice system that applied the law equally.” A spokesman for the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism told The Telegraph the comparison of the counter-protesters to “mindless football hooligans” was “insulting”. The spokesman added: “They believe that the people protesting potentially wish them and their country harm. The police readily acknowledge this, as does the Government, which is moving to proscribe Palestine Action. Sir Mark should stop making excuses for the mob and clamp down on it instead.” He said the Met Commissioner had “chosen to victim-blame”, adding: “Frontline officers should not have to protect civilians from potentially lethal violence at demonstrations. That risk alone should be enough to ban these protests." “When is Sir Mark Rowley finally going to crack down on the thuggish behaviour of Palestine protesters? Instead of acting on the threat, the Met Commissioner has chosen to victim-blame. That’s not policing — it’s excuse-making. His job isn’t to rationalise mob aggression, but to stop it. “He himself expressed ‘shock’ that this protest in solidarity with a group about to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation was taking place. But this is his London, and this lawlessness is becoming his legacy.”... The Met has been plagued with accusations of so-called “two-tier” policing in recent years. The Telegraph revealed earlier this month that a Jewish man was charged for holding a placard mocking Hezbollah’s leader at a pro-Palestinian protest in London after police claimed the sign could cause “distress” to terrorist sympathisers. The charge was later dropped. At the same protest, Mohammad al-Mail, a pro-Palestinian activist, had shouted, “I like an organisation that starts with H” through a megaphone at an anti-Israel protest last year. He was arrested but never charged. Last year the Met admitted that it had made mistakes in its handling of pro-Palestinian protests, with Matt Twist, the assistant commissioner, saying the force “didn’t get everything right”. However, he rejected accusations of two-tier policing, claiming the force had an “infinite number of tiers”... they gathered in Trafalgar Square, with some protesters blocking traffic by sitting in the road, others waving Palestinian flags and some singing the controversial chant: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” The Met said its officers “faced violence” from the crowd when they went to “speak to three individuals whose behaviour was arousing suspicion”. A spokesman said six people were arrested for assaulting an emergency worker and two were arrested for obstructing an officer carrying out his duty. Four people who refused to move when the protest came to an end at 3pm were arrested for breaching public order conditions. Another person was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence after they were heard shouting racial abuse."
Clearly terrorist supporters are irrational and stupid, so if you protest against them, you are at fault for provoking them
If you say waving a Palestinian flag is a breach of the peace, this is dangerous censorship and a Threat to Democracy
Of course terrorism supporters continue to claim that the police are biased against them, since they're not entirely free to terrorise Jews
Exposed: Palestine Action supporters’ plot to overwhelm police - "Thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters are planning to flout terror laws in a co-ordinated attempt to overwhelm the police... Campaigners have hatched a plot for Left-wing activists and members of the Muslim community to attend a demonstration on Saturday declaring support for Palestine Action, the recently banned terror group... The move would ramp-up pressure on Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, who is simultaneously battling a 25-year-high backlog in the courts and a chronic shortage of prison spaces... At the meeting, hosted by Cage International in Birmingham, Moazzam Begg, the former Guantanamo Bay detainee, called on the Muslim community to join in the act of defiance and declare their support for Palestine Action... During the meeting, Angie Zelter, from Defend Our Juries, urged people to take part in the co-ordinated action, telling attendees: “Together we can and must face down the rising tide of fascism in Britain.”... the document goes on to say: “It would be practically and politically difficult for the state to respond to an action on this scale. “Even assuming it had the physical capacity to arrest so many people on the same day, the political fallout from such an operation would be incalculable, causing irreparable damage to the reputation of the Government and the police. “Our assessment is that an action on this scale could be enough for the ban to be lifted. “Charging and prosecuting at least 500 more people, in addition to the 200 people already arrested, is likely to be beyond the capacity of the state, given the current situation in the criminal justice system.”"
Isn't it Islamophobic to link Muslims to terrorism? Time to jail Moazzam Begg for Islamophobia
Left wing logic: if you're against terrorism, that's fascism.
Stop heavy-handed treatment of Palestine protesters, equality watchdog warns - "Britain’s human rights watchdog has warned police against using “heavy-handed” tactics on pro-Palestine protesters. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, and Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, about “blanket policing approaches” that risk having a “chilling effect” on protest rights."
Of course, if you're "far right", you deserve to be jailed and the key thrown away
Lord Hermer to decide on Palestine Action terror charges - "Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, told The Telegraph: “If lawbreakers supporting a proscribed terrorist group aren’t prosecuted, it will be the clearest example yet of two-tier justice under Two-Tier Keir. “Lord Hermer needs to enforce the law, not pander to activists he’s sympathetic to.”... The Attorney General has previously faced questions over whether his former work as a barrister is a conflict of interest with his current role. Earlier this year, The Telegraph revealed that Lord Hermer helped to write a handbook on fighting “Israeli apartheid” in his previous career. The legal chief contributed a chapter to the book, in which he laid out ways “Palestinian victims” could use British courts to sue companies that sold arms to Israel."
Pro-Palestine protesters presented themselves as peaceniks, but ugliness lurked below the surface - "Another protester, a wheelchair-using pensioner who travelled from Reading to display a sign reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” at the demonstration, told The Telegraph he was “sure” the Government had been “paid by the Israeli embassy” to proscribe the group. There is no evidence to support this claim... Saturday’s Palestine Action demonstration had been staged to appear organic, as if hundreds had simply converged opposite Parliament at 1pm, each with a handmade sign declaring support for the banned group. In reality, as The Telegraph has previously revealed, the event was anything but spontaneous. At a meeting in Birmingham last week, groups including Cage International and Defend Our Juries planned the protest, with Mr Begg urging the Muslim community to join in the act of defiance... For many activists participating in Saturday’s demonstration, the idea of expressing support for a proscribed terror group was a new departure. But this was not universally true. Outside Russell Square Tube station, Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, told The Telegraph he had already been charged under the Terrorism Act last year, not for supporting Palestine Action, but for allegedly supporting Hamas. Mr Novsarka, who denies all wrongdoing, said: “I would never support a proscribed group.” “I support the international law that every people have the right to armed resistance, especially if there’s no one coming to the rescue and saving the day,” he added."
Meme - Eitan Fischberger @EFischberger: "The pro-Hamas acolytes are so profoundly stupid, they'll believe literally anything - like, say, that British national hero Captain Tom Moore, who died in 2021, was out campaigning for a terrorist group over the weekend"
