UK Court Upholds Terrorist Label for Palestine Action

The court said the group used ’secret cells’ to avoid detection while using violence to destroy property, causing injury and damage.

Palestine Action protesters pour paint on the Israeli-owned UAV Engines factory, part of Elbit Systems UK, at Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire, on Oct. 27, 2023. Palestinian Action

The Court of Appeal ruled on June 15 that the UK government’s ban on Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was lawful, overturning a High Court decision that had found the proscription unlawful.

The ruling means support for the group remains a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act 2000, punishable by up to 14 years in prison.