Palestine Action
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Wife of Top Burnham Adviser Expresses Support for Palestine Action
British police are reviewing a post on X by prominent author and the wife of UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, expressing support for Sally Rooney amid the withdrawal of her books from the UK market over her support for Palestine Action.
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UK Police Arrest Over 50 Protesters Opposing Palestine Action Ban Outside Labour Conference
UK police have arrested more than 50 people demonstrating in support of the proscribed Palestine Action group outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwestern England, with protesters calling for the group’s ban to be lifted.
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Hundreds to Defy Palestine Action Ban at Burnham’s First Labour Party Conference
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first Labour Party conference is expected to see mass defiance of the ban on direct-action group Palestine Action, with hundreds of people set to take part in a silent protest holding signs that read, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action,” amid mounting calls for Burnham to lift the ban.
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US Designates Palestine Action a “Terrorist Group”
The US has imposed sanctions on the UK-based direct-action group Palestine Action, designating it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), in the latest escalation in the Trump’s administration’s crackdown on groups and individuals critical of Israel.