These people are opposed to the proscription of PA as a terrorist group, which is why they are protesting. They are making a point; that arresting these people for terrorism is ridiculous and authoritarian, and you might not like PA as a group personally but it sets a precedent, as the government can and will use “terrorism” to clamp down on any organisation or protest they deem to challenge them.
You find calling for peace talks concerning?
Which issue? Redistribution of wealth by taxing billionaires? Taking utilities back into public ownership? Building council houses?
It’s terrifying that this is happening and literally no one is doing anything to stop it.
This isn’t true, about half of Gazans now support anti-Hamas demonstrations. It absolute isn’t an insignificant proportion.
“Favorability of the October 7 attack, the belief that Hamas will win the war, and support for Hamas continue to decline, but the overwhelming majority is opposed to Hamas disarmament and does not believe that release of the hostages will bring an end to the war. Nonetheless, about half of Gazans support the anti-Hamas demonstrations and almost half want to leave the Gaza Strip if they could. Support for the two-state solution remains unchanged but support for armed struggle drops”
The proscription was in response to their protest in 2022 where they aimed to destroy some equipment. This isn’t a terrorist act. The people involved were prosecuted under existing laws and served prison time for what they did, which were not acts of terror.
Their acts are not violent, they are not threatening anyone and calling throwing paint at planes “serious damage to property” is a stretch.
If we are going to give organisations the label of terrorist based on this flimsy criteria then Reform should also be proscribed for inciting people to protest at hotels where asylum seeker children are living, commiting arson and threatening violence. Physical violence against humans.
Palestine Action want the UK to stop sending military equipment to Israel. There are people in power making a fuck load of money off this, and they’ve proscribed PA after being out under pressure to make them go away.