MPs have voted to ban Palestine Action under anti-terror law. MPs voted 385 to 26, majority 359 in favour of the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025.
The motion is expected to be debated and voted on by the House of Lords tomorrow before it becomes law. It means to will be a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison to be a member of the direct action group or to support it.
The move comes after two planes were vandalised at RAF Brize Norton last month in an action claimed by the group.
Five people have since been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence in relation to the incident.
Unveiling the intention to ban the group, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it was the latest in a “long history of unacceptable criminal damage committed by Palestine Action”.
Its website states the group uses disruptive tactics to target “corporate enablers of the Israeli military-industrial complex” and seeks to make it “impossible for these companies to profit from the oppression of Palestinians”.