Home Secretary Yatete Cooper says that he has decided to prosecute Palestine’s action under the anti -terrorism law.
It effectively brands the group to a terrorist organization and, if passed in Parliament, will make the group membership and support illegal.
Group activists broke at the RAF Bryz Norton in Oxfordshire last week and reddish spray-painted military aircraft.
The announcement was made when Palestine’s action staged a protest in Central London, with hundreds of attendance and at least three arrests, as there were scuffle.
Cooper described barbarity on the RAF base as an “derogatory attack” and said that the group had “long history of unacceptable criminal damage”.
He said, “Britain’s defense enterprise is important for the national security of the country and this government will not tolerate those who have risked that security.”
Counter-Terrorism Police is leading an investigation into the Friday incident at Bryz Norton.
Following the incident, Palestine Action said: “Despite publicly condemning the Israeli government, Britain continued to send military cargo, flew detective aircraft on Gaza and re -filling the fighter jets of US and Israel.”
Reacting to the news that the government will proceed to ban it on Friday, said: “When our government fails to maintain its moral and legal obligations, it is the responsibility of common citizens to take direct action.”
Cooper will give a draft order before Parliament next week.
If passed, the restriction will be a criminal offense to related or support the group, sentence up to 14 years.
Cooper said in a written statement: “This decision is specific to Palestine’s action and does not affect legitimate protest groups and other organizations running campaign on issues around Palestine or Middle East.
“It is important important that people who are trying to protest peacefully, including Palestinian groups, opposed the functions of the Israeli government, and those who demand a change in the UK foreign policy can continue to do so.”
He said that the group had done several tasks of severe damage as it was built in 2020, which cost more than £ 1m in damage.
In 2022, Group broke in Thales Defense Factory in GlasgowClosing the fireworks and throwing a smoke bomb in an area where the employees were being vacated.
The loss on the site was £ 1,130,783.
Cooper also mentioned two incidents last year, when seven Palestine Action members were arrested for increased theft at the Instro Prison Factory at Kent, while many others broke at the Bristol headquarters of the Albit Systems UK.
Cooper said, “I have considered the nature of the Palestine action activity and carefully. Palestine represents a valid response to the threat arising out of action.”
Hundreds of people were found in Truphalgar Square after banning protests outside Parliament.
The organizers changed the last minute location after the Scotland Yard implemented an exclusion area in most parts of the Westminster.
Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowle said the force had no legal power to prevent protests, implementing the terms “firmly”.
The Charing Cross next to the Truphalgar square was blocked for a time because the protesters gathered.
Some supporters of the group waved the Palestinian flags and chanting other protesters, “We won’t be silent.”
Met said two people were arrested for obstruction, with a third arrest for a racially increased public order offense.
Labor Peer and Activist Baronic Shami Chakraborty further said that when he did not advocate criminal activity in protest, he felt that the prosecutor was a “far away”.
Nottingham East Labor MP Nadia Whitom said that this step is misuse of powers related to terrorism.
“We all should be concerned about the plan to prosecute Palestine’s action as a terrorist group. It sets a dangerous example that governments in the future can use further against their critics,” she has written on X.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves condemned the behavior of Palestine Action as “completely unacceptable”.
Next to Cooper’s statement, he said, “To damage military assets, but privately owned property causes such damage, it is unacceptable to whatever is happening in the Middle East.”
