What we know about the pro-Palestine Action protest today

Three people have been arrested after protesters gathered in central London in support of the Palestine Action activist group – which is on the verge of being proscribed by the government and effectively branded a terrorist organisation. Demonstrators …

Palestine Action protest LIVE: Police make arrests as protesters vent fury over move to ban 'terrorist' group

“It also smacks of rank hypocrisy from Keir Starmer, who rightly defended protesters who broke into an RAF base in 2003 to stop US bombers heading to Iraq, with Starmer asserting that this protest [w]as lawful because their intention was to prevent war …

Local 85-year-old Santa Barbara dentist and humanitarian shares insight after returning from Palestine

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.- Local Santa Barbara dentist and humanitarian Dr. James Rolfe is known for his work and 24 hour clinic right in Santa Barbara. For decades Rolfe has provided people in need of dental care within the community and outside the country …

UK police ban Palestine Action protest outside parliament

LONDON (Reuters) -British police have banned campaign group Palestine Action from protesting outside parliament on Monday, a rare move that comes after two of its members broke into a military base last week and as the government considers banning the …

Proscribing Palestine Action a terrorist group may be ‘escalation too far’ - Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti

She said: “From what I can tell, this is a militant protest group that engages in direct action and that includes criminality, no question, but to elevate that to terrorism so anybody who attends a meeting, or who promotes the organisation, or is loosely …

Met chief 'shocked' by planned Palestine Action protest

The Metropolitan Police chief has said he is "shocked and frustrated" at a planned protest in support of Palestine Action in London on Monday. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said while the right to protest is essential, "actions in support of …

UK moves to proscribe Palestine Action as ‘terror group’

Banning Palestine Action may be ‘escalation too far’, says Labour peer

Plans to ban protest group Palestine Action would mark a very serious step that may go too far, a former shadow attorney general has said. Baroness Shami Chakrabarti told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that it is “one thing” to be a threat to property, or …

Palestine’s Hamas condemns bombing targeting St Elias Church in Damascus

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Sunday condemned what it described as a “criminal bombing” that targeted St Elias Church in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing 20 innocent civilians. In a statement received by Quds Press, the movement …

Palestine Action ban: Trolls on parade

The government’s attempt to brand non-violent direct activists as “terrorists” has already backfired ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ This was the week when language in the UK temporarily gave up. At the bombing of Iran, the British people fell silent, or lapsed into …