Labour Has Taken a Stand with Palestine Action – It Must Not Stop Here - The Jewish Chronicle
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 7 – Palestine Action was banned for vandalism and storming RAF Brize Norton; supporters face up to 14 years in prison, with over 20 arrests reported at protests against the ban.
- The government has not yet proscribed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which threatens British citizens and targets Jewish communities, despite campaign promises.
- The classification of Palestine Action as a terror outfit under the Terrorism Act 2000 has sparked protests and arrests, raising concerns about free speech.
- Eighty-Three-Year-Old Reverend Sue Parfitt was one of 29 people arrested for protesting against the UK government's ban on Palestine Action, highlighting the issues with the government's actions.
- Critics argue that Palestine Action's stunts do not constitute terrorism and that using anti-terror laws against them threatens free speech rights in the UK.
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Labour has taken a stand with Palestine Action – it must not stop here - The Jewish Chronicle
If Labour is serious about rebuilding its relationship with Britain’s Jews, it ought to follow through with more concrete steps to show it understands both the scale of the threat and the depth of the Jewish community’s concerns
The Palestine Action Ban Was Right — But It's Opened a Pandora's Box – The Daily Sceptic
The Government was right to proscribe Palestine Action – but it's opened a Pandora's box, says Anna Stanley. With so many in the UK now emotionally invested in the Palestinian cause, can social breakdown be avoided?
In the United Kingdom, the Palestinian Action has been declared a terrorist organization that for five years has fought directly against British military support for Israel, a rather typical Western leftist organization that suddenly finds itself in an unusual position. The Medusa talks more about it in an effort to understand many other similar organizations.
Will the ban on Palestine Action terrify enough people into silence?
The proscription is part of a wider push to stifle dissent in an increasingly authoritarian Britain ~ Kevin Blowe ~ The repression of political dissent in Britain has been escalating for years: first against Black Lives Matter and environmental campaigners and now the Palestine solidarity movement. Throughout the last 20 months, campaigners have been demonised, accused of ‘radicalisation’, placed under increasing police surveillance and subjecte…
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