The Metropolitan police chief has said that he is “shocked and disappointed” in a planned protest in support of Palestine’s action in London on Monday.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowle stated that the right to protest is necessary, “What will appear as the most legitimate opposition to take action in support of such groups”.
It comes when the Home Secretary is understood that the group is preparing a written statement before the Parliament, which effectively branding a terrorist organization to prosecute the group.
On Friday, Palestine Action activists broke into the RAF Brise Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed two military aircraft with red paint to protest the UK’s support on the war in Gaza.
Protests employed in Central London are supported by 35 groups, including various other supporters-Filistini Group, The Stop the War alliance, Cage and Muslim engagement and development (MED).
Describing Palestine’s action as a “organized extremist criminal group”, Sir Mark said that until the group is prosecuted, the Mate had no legal power to stop protests.
“, However, we have the power to implement conditions to prevent disorders, damage and serious disruption to the community,” he said, “the violations of the law will be firmly dealt with.”
Met said it would release the conditions for protest “once they have been confirmed”.
In a first post on social media, Palestine Action said “political establishments run to call us ‘terrorists’, while they commit the worst crime against humanity”.
One of the members of the group, Saeed Taji Faraoki, Told BBC on Saturday The government plans to prosecute the group, which was “absurd”.
He said that this step is “in addition to the very basic concepts of British democracy and the rule of law”, and said: “This is something that everyone should be nervous about.”
Palestine Action has been mainly engaged in target activities to target arms companies since the onset of the current war in Gaza, claiming responsibility in May for dubbing an American military aircraft in Ireland.
Mr. Faraoki said that the “full cause of the group is the reason for the massacre to break the material supply chain” and said that Friday’s incident “strategy was increased because the massacre has increased”.
Israel has strongly denied allegations of massacre related to the ongoing war in Gaza.
The Prime Minister Sir Kire Stmper described the RAF Brise Norton incident as “derogatory”. The counter-terrarator police is investigating the brake at the base.
Some people in Westminster welcomed the move to ban Palestine’s action, including former Home Secretary Saela Brevarman, who said the move to ban the group was “perfect decision”.
Others reacted severely, including Labor MP Zara Sultana, who recalled the protest against the 2003 war in Iraq: “A million people marched against the illegal war in Iraq and they were right. Now the same script is playing again.”
Amnesty International UK said on Friday that it was “deeply concerned with the use of counter terrorism powers to target protests”.
Regular protests related to war in Gaza have been held in London as Israel launched a military operation to destroy Hamas in response to a cross -border attack on 7 October 2023, killing around 1,200 people and 251 others were taken hostage.
According to the Hamas-Interested Health Ministry of the region, since then more than 55,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including more than 15,000 children.
