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British State Targets Palestine Action With Yet Another Crooked Trial

October 2, 2026 The Grayzone. , , , ,
From October 5th, an eight-week-long trial of nine Palestine Action activists known as the Instro 10 will begin at London’s Old Bailey. The defendants are accused of criminal damage, burglary – trespass including criminal damage – and violent disorder.  In keeping with several recent cases brought against the activist collective, which the British state proscribed as a terrorist entity in July 2025, the jury and public are not allowed to know – and the British media is prohibited from reporting – that if activists are convicted of any offenses, they could be sentenced as terrorists. Palestine Action is a direct action protest group, which successfully forced four weapons plants run by the Israeli state-owned company Elbit Systems to close.

Trump’s Alt-Right Pro-Israel Strategist Behind Palestine Action Ban

August 29, 2026 Mnar Adley, MintPress News. , , ,
The U.S.’ designation of U.K.-based activist collective Palestine Action as a global terrorist group is part of a wider project, concocted by far-right pro-Israel strategist Sebastian Gorka, to criminalize left-wing or pro-Palestine dissent against Trump’s rule. MintPress exposes this plan.  The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it was placing Palestine Action on its list of global terrorist groups, as part of what it called a “broader U.S. government effort to address the threat of transnational far-left terrorism.” The designation is one of the first clear signs that the Trump administration is making good on its promise to reorient its domestic and international strategy towards clamping down on what Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as “far-left terror” groups.

Protesters Who Spray Painted Trump’s Golf Course To Face ‘Terror’ Sentencing

August 29, 2026 The Canary. , , ,
Seven Palestine Action protesters who have been charged with damaging Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course face being sentenced as terrorists even though they have not been charged with any terror offences. The first hearing in the case will take place on Monday 31 August in the High Court in Glasgow. The protest by Palestine Action took place on 8 March 2025, before the group was proscribed. It was a response to Trump’s plans to take over Gaza and ethnically cleanse the population. The action involved spraying the words “GAZA IS NOT 4 SALE” in large letters on the golf course, digging holes, spraying weedkiller across the lawn and spraying red paint across the club house.

US Declares Palestine Action ‘Terrorist’ Group

August 26, 2026 Sharon Zhang, Truthout. , , ,
The Trump administration announced that it is designating U.K.-based Palestine Action and two other left wing groups as global “terrorist” groups on Wednesday, escalating its McCarthyist crackdown against the left and the Palestine solidarity movement. The administration is placing sanctions on Palestine Action, a direct action group that has worked to disrupt the pipeline of arms shipments to Israel amid the Gaza genocide. Trump has also targeted Italian tech collective Autistici/Inventati, which the State Department claims has ties to U.S. activists, and Masar Badil, an international group that works toward Palestinian liberation.

Jury Refuses To Convict Seven Palestine Action Defendants

August 20, 2026 Katherine Hearst, Middle East Eye. , , , , ,
Jurors at a London court were discharged after being unable to reach verdicts for seven Palestine Action defendants accused of coordinating a raid on an Israeli-owned arms factory. One person who could not be named for legal reasons was convicted by a majority of 9-1 of criminal damage in relation to the incident. The defendants- Hannah Davidson, 53, Ian Sanders, 47, Aleksandra Herbich, 41, Teuta Hoxha, 30, William Plastow, 35, Julija Brigadirova, 33, Sean Middlebrough, 33, and Madeleine Norman, 31- were accused of criminal damage and violent disorder in connection with a break-in to an Elbit Systems factory in Filton, near Bristol in August 2024.

Palestine Action Facing New Rigged ‘Terrorism’ Trials

August 16, 2026 The Grayzone. , , , ,
The Grayzone can exclusively reveal that hearings have been underway in the trial of the so-called Teledyne Three. These three defendants damaged the clean room of a UK factory which produces parts for the F-35 aircraft which Israel has used to carry out an array of crimes against civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip, and beyond. They are members of the direction action protest collective, Palestine Action, which the British state has designated as a “terrorist entity” in the face of international condemnation.  The presiding judge in the Teledyne Three case, Driver, has imposed restrictions on the defense which threatens them with a “terrorism connection” if they attempt to explain the motives behind their actions.

United Kingdom: Jury Hung In Israel Protest Case

June 20, 2026 John McEvoy and Hanna-Johara Dokal, Consortium News. , , , ,
After more than 17 hours of deliberation, a jury at Birmingham crown court on Thursday failed to reach a verdict over whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory. Iain Evans, Hana-Yun Stevens, Frank Sherman and Hisham Alkhamezi were each accused of criminal damage at a factory owned by Moog, a U.S. aerospace firm, in Wolverhampton. During the trial, the jury saw footage from helicopters and CCTV cameras which showed the defendants crashing through the site’s front gate and damaging solar panels on its roof.

UK Court Of Appeal Rules Palestine Action Ban To Be Lawful

June 15, 2026 Katherine Hearst, Middle East Eye. , , ,
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling and found the UK government’s ban on the direct action group Palestine Action to be lawful. In February, the High Court found that then Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's decision to proscribe the group was "unlawful" and "discriminatory", following a challenge brought by the group's co-founder Huda Ammori. It ruled that the ban constituted a breach of the European Convention of Human Rights as it entailed "a very significant" interference with rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. It further held that the ban was not consistent with the home secretary's own policy.

UK Judge Sentences Palestine Action Activists To Over 20 Years In Prison

June 13, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , ,
Four Palestine Action anti-genocide activists received combined prison sentences of over 20 years on 12 June for sabotaging an Israeli drone facility in the UK in 2024. Judge Jeremy Johnson said an "aggravating factor" in his decision to imprison the activists was that they had a "terrorist connection." In August 2024, the four activists raided the Elbit Systems research and development facility in Filton, near Bristol, causing more than £1 million ($1,342,000) in damage in an attempt to shut it down. The facility conducts R&D for Tactical Multi-Rotor Quadcopter drones produced for the British Armed Forces and NATO. Elbit produces the same drones in Israel for use in Gaza. 

The Chilling UK Case Against Palestine Action Lawyer

May 9, 2026 Dania Akkad, Consortium News. , , ,
Contempt of court proceedings against a top human rights barrister are having a “chilling effect” across the British bar, leading lawyers tell Declassified.  Rajiv Menon KC is accused of violating the judge’s orders in the trial of six Palestine Action activists who broke into an Israeli-owned arms factory near Bristol in 2024 at the height of the Gaza genocide. Menon is alleged, in part, to have breached the judge’s direction that lawyers were not permitted in their closing speeches to invite the jury to acquit on the basis of conscience.  The barrister reportedly told the jury about the Bushell case, a landmark ruling from 1670 which established the independence of juries. 

UK Convicts Palestine Action Activists Over Break-In At Israeli Weaponsmaker

May 5, 2026 Al Jazeera. , , , ,
Four of six British pro-Palestinian activists have been convicted of criminal damage relating to a 2024 raid on a factory operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit, with one of the defendants found guilty of striking a police officer with a sledgehammer. London’s Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday found Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, 21, guilty. Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31, were found not guilty. Prosecutors said that the six defendants were members of the banned group Palestine Action, which organised the assault on the Elbit Systems UK facility in Bristol, southwest England, in August 2024.

Palestine Action Defendants Address Jury Directly

May 1, 2026 John McEvoy, Consortium News. , , ,
Five Palestine Action activists dismissed their lawyers this week  and addressed a jury directly about how they targeted an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol. The activists — Charlotte Head, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers, Leona Kamio and Jordan Devlin – face charges of criminal damage in connection with a raid on Elbit Systems in August 2024. On Wednesday morning, shortly before closing speeches were due to be heard at Woolwich Crown Court, those five defendants elected to represent themselves rather than be represented by their barristers.

UK Judge Gags Palestine Action Defendants To Secure ‘Terror’ Stitch-Up

April 30, 2026 The Grayzone , , ,
Since the retrial of six Palestine Action (PA) activists began on April 13, the defendants have been barred under court order from using terms like “genocide” or discussing the target of their direction action protests. Meanwhile, supporters of PA have been arrested outside the court for holding signs advising jurors of their right to acquit the defendants based on conscience. Now, a draft court order reviewed by The Grayzone reveals how the presiding judge has sought to comprehensively neutralize the PA activists’ ability to defend themselves by imposing crippling restrictions on what can be said in closing speeches.

132 Academics, Writers And Public Figures Risk Terror Charges

April 25, 2026 The Canary. , , , ,
In an unprecedented action, more than 130 leading scholars and public figures are risking arrest on terror charges after writing an open letter to the Court of Appeal concerning Palestine Action. The letter, dated 24 April 2026, simply reads: We oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action. The words that have become synonymous with the campaign to Lift the Ban. Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, and Judith Butler were among the first to put their names to this defiant declaration. Joining them are prominent artists and musicians such as Nadine Shah, Brian Eno, Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, the actor Billy Howle

More Than 500 People Arrested At Rally For Palestine Action

April 12, 2026 Al Jazeera. , , , ,
Police in London have arrested more than 500 pro-Palestinian protesters supporting the Palestine Action group during a sit-down demonstration in Trafalgar Square. Officers have removed activists while other demonstrators have cheered and clapped. The protesters on Saturday faced arrest for holding placards supporting Palestine Action, and the Metropolitan Police confirmed 523 arrests of people aged 18 to 87. Palestine Action was designated a “terrorist” organisation in July, making membership in or support for the group punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
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