The British government’s decision to ban the pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is lawful because of its support for violence, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Monday.
Palestine Action, which had increasingly targeted Israel-linked defence companies in Britain, with a particular focus on Israel’s largest defence firm Elbit Systems, was proscribed under terrorism laws last year.
London’s High Court ruled in February, after a legal challenge by the group’s co-founder, that the ban unlawfully interfered with freedom of expression, although it remained proscribed pending the government’s appeal.
People attend a demonstration opposing the government’s decision to ban Palestine Action as a terror organisation, following a Court of Appeal ruling on the lawfulness of proscribing the pro-Palestinian group under terrorism laws, outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Britain, June 15, 2026. —Reuters
Judges rule ban is proportionate
