Today the Court of Appeal upheld the Labour government’s proscription of Palestine Action by saying they aren’t a peaceful civil disobedience group like the suffragettes and that Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, is "a company pursuing a lawful business."
The suffragettes bombed the Chancellor's house, planted a bomb outside the Bank of England, burned down churches and train stations, and smashed up art galleries.
Palestine Action destroyed drones used to kill Palestinians in Gaza because Elbit's “lawful business” is arming a genocide.
The British state is rewriting history and dismantling our legal system to protect Israel, a genocidal apartheid state.
Among much utter mince uttered by the English Court of Appeal today.
Lady Chief Justice Carr said that the suffragettes were non-violent and did not plan any actions in secret.
Which is so ignorant of history I don't know where to start...
Scale of sentences on the 4 young people who took direct action against the arms supplier to Israel is truly shocking. To impose years of imprisonment for protesting to save lives in Gaza is unjust, especially sentencing on terrorist grounds they were never convicted of by a jury
It’s a Trumpian World Cup for racism — why don’t those who condemned Qatar 2022 say so?
My piece for The Guardian on the blatant hypocrisy and double standards on full display. https://t.co/NKmtaTF2bH
@KemiBadenoch This filthy fucking Traitor, @KemiBadenoch , would no doubt have cheered on her Zionist bribe-masters when they sniped 22 year-old British peace activist, Tom Hurndall, to death as he was trying to protect children from being murdered by the ZOF.
There's just one small problem:
The celebration is being held on the site of AlManshiyya/ المنشية،،
a Palestinian neighborhood in Jaffa that was destroyed during the Nakba in 1948 when its residents were expelled from their homes.
It's hard not to see the irony in building a polished image on top of the ruins of Palestinian homes and the legacy of Palestinian suffering.