Inside the Palestine Action Protests

Inside the Palestine Action protests

After the UK proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, thousands were arrested or investigated.

Lift The Ban - Graduation Day

Supporters of the Defend Our Juries campaign group have carried out multiple civil disobedience protests since the then Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s controversial designation of direct action network Palestine Action as a ‘terrorist organisation’ last year. Until recently, protests involved people holding up signs that read “I Oppose Genocide – I Support Palestine Action”. Over the course of a year, several thousand people have been arrested u…

Why Pro-Palestine Protests Flourish in the West but Alarm Arab Governments

By Uri Pilichowski AI-generated editorial illustration depicting a pro-Palestinian encampment on a university campus. Western democracies generally treat pro-Palestine demonstrations as protected dissent. Many Arab governments see the same mobilization as a potential vehicle for Islamist recruitment, political disruption and challenges to state authority. On July 30, British police arrested 117 demonstrators outside Westminster Magistrates’ Cour…