Who are Palestine Action and why is the UK government banning them?
The pro -Palestin activist group, entering a Oxfordshire shelf base to repel the military aircraft, was banned by the home office.
Founded in 2020, the Palestinian action carried out a series of direct action protests against weapons producers operating in the UK to a great extent in the last five years and selling arms to Israel.
Interior Minister Yette Cooper confirmed his last action to ban the group and effectively branded as a terrorist organization. This will make it illegal to become a member of the Palestinian action or to demand support.
Palestinian Action Spokesperson: “When our government cannot fulfill its moral and legal obligations, it is the responsibility that ordinary citizens will take direct action.”
In response to Fallout, a protest in the center of London on Monday saw the police clashed with demonstrators. Mark Rowley, Met Police Chief, said that he was “shocked and disappointed ıyla before the event and added that the action was going to go beyond the most legitimate protest”.
What else did the Palestinian action have done in the past?
The Palestinian action was established on July 30, 2020, after a group of activists entered and repulsion of the UK center in London, the Palestinian action was established.
The defense contractor has continued to be the main goal of the protests of the Palestinian action since its formation. Israel is the largest weapon manufacturer in the Elbit Systems -based country. It supplies most of the drones and black -based equipment used by the Israeli army.
In the UK, Elbit, along with 680 employees, has more than one UK subsidiary operating between 16 sites across the country. The latest new site is a production and development facility in Bristol, which was opened in 2023.
On May 19, 2021, he climbed the roof of a drone factory of Elbit in Leicester. In May of that year, the action was taken in response to a period of unrest, where 256 Palestinians and 17 Israelis were killed.
Similar professions were held in places of Bristol, Oldham and Elbit in Tamworth.
In April 2024, the Group, the Somerset Council II. Somrseet County Hall, a building listed in the classroom, was targeted by leaping with red paint. This responded to the local authority that rented a building to Elbit near Bristol.
This site was targeted by the Palestinian action for the 17th time in March 2025, and four group members used a cherry selector to damage the building. One of them used a sledgehammer on a rope to smash the windows, while others painted the building.
In June 2025, activists from the group used two flights in the Raf Brize Norton in Oxfordshire using red -designed fire extinguishers to spray red paint on turbine engines and cause further damage to the sea bass.
The Palestinian action says that its members do this because of the daily flights to the acotyri in Cyprus, a base used for military operations in Gaza and the Middle East.
The group spokesman said: “The activists removed the aircraft from the service and cut off the direct participation of the UK to the Genocide and War Crimes Commission in the Middle East.”
