Ha incontrato il capo della polizia “scioccato” dalla protesta dell’azione palestinese pianificata a Londra

I feel like him being “shocked and frustrated” is on him, rather than on the protesters.

Rightly or wrongly, Palestine Action is viewed more or as a protest group, rather than a bunch of terrorists. They’re mostly known for splashing red paint on things. Which is criminal damage, but I think it is a bit of a stretch to claim anything they’ve done (and they’ve done quite a bit) amounts to “serious damage to property,” “serious violence against a person,” or “creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public.”

When the RAF Brize Norton break-in happened it was all over the news as sabotage – people were talking about it being treason, or acts of a hostile foreign power. But it turned out to be two activists spraying red paint on a couple of planes. Keir Starmer referred to it as an “act of vandalism,” and Downing Street said it hadn’t affected any deployments or operations.

It feels like proscribing them as a terrorist organisation is more about cover up the embarrassment of two random activists being able to get into an RAF base and spray paint planes than a proportionate response. And definitely isn’t a good look when in the past there is proof the Israeli embassy pressured the Government into interfering with cases involving Palestine Action…