To think Palestine Action isn't a terrorist group?

[NotDarkGothicMama]

I don't agree with what they've done (breaking into military bases to vandalise planes), but I don't understand why they're being proscribed. Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil have caused far more damage to property and general annoyance.

Arrest and prosecute the people who commit criminal acts, absolutely, but this is setting the bar for branding protestors "terrorists" far too low.

Grounding a military jet and causing £millions of damage is not moderate.

Unless you are prepared to stump up the repair fees?

If they are now a proscribed terrorist group is it even legal to defend/support them?

For the sake of argument, had Palestinian Action stuck to street chants, obstructing public highways and carrying signs there is no way you could classify them as terrorists.

If numbers of PA express support for Hamas, break into military installations and destroy military equipment then they’ve given the Home Office a good reason to classify them as terrorists.

It needs to go through parliament. Next week apparently.

Then MN can start deleting posts professing support for them in the same way that they do for the posters who support Hamas.

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-06-23/hcws729

I posted this not much further up, but do read it, the reason for wanting to add them to the proscribed list is not just the recent incident of damage to planes. I don't think debating if that was "moderate" or "serious" damage is the main concern.

No, not terrorists but they've embarassed the government at a time when all services should be on high alert, and now they're going to pay. They've effectively strolled into Brize Norton airbase, that's a disgrace and should never be possible. The government should be thanking them for illustrating this slack approach to security and thanking the Almighty that they're not terrorists but just protesters.

It’s property and money, not human lives, which the jets if launched would have destroyed .

So you don’t think we should have military defences, then?

They are not yet a proscribed terrorist organisation the government is still in the process of doing so and it should be done by next week according to Yevett Cooper.
However when they are yes it will be a crime to be a member or support or defend them

Do you think the planes were bombers?

They crossed the line with the planes I'm afraid. I'm not for banning stuff, but millions of pounds of military equipment is terrorism.

I think we should be very careful how we use them.

I thought they were, am I mistaken?

Yep I ageee with this. I strongly support their right to protest and would support them basically anywhere that isn’t risking national security at a fucking military base when we’re on the bring of world war 3 in the world!!

they could easily have done something really impactful not at a military base it’s just plain thick or yea… act of national sabotage that deserves to be prohibited more seriously

You are mistaken, they were not bombers. They were cargo planes.

Of course. How do you think they’re going to be used?

Do you think this group were careful in what they did to our defences?

They are refuelling plains basically flying petrol stations not bombers or fighter jets and more to the point WE ARE NOT BOMBING ANYONE

Thanks for clarifying. Then it was an expensive bit of criminal damage.

We are getting more and more complicit in bombing people.

It's bizarre how some people seem to be of the impression that this soon-to-be terrorist group heroically grounded some bombers that were off to bomb Gaza when actually they grounded some cargo planes that weren't going to bomb anyone, and the UK isn't bombing Gaza.

Where are they getting this idea from?

I’m not sure why you are downplaying an attack on our military defences. You seem to think this is comparable with, I don’t know, graffiting a building society. Or lobbing a brick through a chemist’s window.

Well no, it was an attack on the UK military's ability to keep the country safe at a time of increased global tensions.

And guess who will be footing the bill for it?

How so?

And that's how people sleep walk into fascism.

Which people do you think we are becoming complicit in bombing? And how are we doing so?