LONDON: Six British pro-Palestinian activists went on trial on Tuesday accused of attacking a factory operated by Israeli defense firm Elbit, aiming to cause as much damage as possible, with one also charged with striking a police officer with a sledgehammer. Prosecutors said the six defendants were part of a group from the now banned protest organization Palestine Action, which carried out the meticulously planned assault on the Elbit Systems UK facility in Bristol, southwest England, in August last year.

Six members of the proscribed 'terrorist' action group to be tried over attack on Israeli weapons group Elbit Systems.

LONDON: Six British pro-Palestinian activists went on trial on Tuesday accused of attacking a factory operated by Israeli defense firm Elbit, aiming to cause as much damage as…

The judge urged the jury to do away with personal feelings about the war on Gaza or the legality of the proscription.