On Monday, five judges quashed a High Court ruling that found the UK government's proscription of direct action group Palestine Action to be unlawful.
In its judgement, the Court of Appeal noted the group's "covert" nature, saying that it is not "as it claims, a direct action civil disobedience group like the suffragettes".
"It is a covert organisation that operates using secret cells to avoid the detection and prosecution of those using violence to destroy the property of third parties. Palestine Action’s activities have caused injury as well as property damage," Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr said.
Commentators have pointed to the misconstruing of the suffragettes' campaign as non-violent and "operating transparently in the open".
"They are propagating a fantasy," former government lawyer Tim Crosland told Middle East Eye.
