Palestine Action makes final appeal to UK's Supreme Court as new direct action group emerges
The banned campaign group Palestine Action will make its final appeal in the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking a reversal of its proscription, days after a new pro-Palestine group raided a defence company to smash satellite equipment with sledgehammers. Huda Al Ammori, a co-founder of Palestine Action , is seeking to quash a decision made by the government in July 2025 to designate the group…
Palestine Action will make its final appeal to the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking to overturn its designation as a terrorist organization. Co-founder Huda Al Ammori's lawyers argue that the government's July 2025 decision to ban the group failed to balance the rights of those affected by their campaigns with those of the community.
Less than 1% of Palestine Action's direct action protests over five years were deemed terrorism, according to documents submitted to the court. The High Court previously found the proscription unlawful, but the Court of Appeal overturned the decision. Jewish community groups have been granted permission to intervene, claiming that Palestine Action's violence has expanded to include Jewish-owned businesses.
A new pro-Palestine group, People Against Genocide, recently raided a defense company with sledgehammers, damaging equipment in Tring, Hertfordshire, to protest the group's supply of satellite equipment to Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems.
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