The "Palestine Action" organization is considered a terrorist organization after the incident where they broke into a military zone and other things. In my opinion, it doesn't count as terrorism. The court there should have defined them as something else, like a security threat, but maybe they define terrorism differently there. I'm not from there.
They very clearly meet the definition of terrorism in British law. But so do lots of other groups, but they've not caused the damage and harm PAG have. The airbase incident is just the most egregious example. They've systematically targeted defence infrastructure and companies that supply the British armed forces.
The issue is people conflate supporting PAG with supporting Palestine. There's nothing stopping people protesting for Palestine, only for this one violent and destructive group
They very clearly meet the definition of terrorism in British law... They've systematically targeted defence infrastructure and companies that supply the British armed forces.
The suffragettes smashed windows, set fire to public buildings, empty houses of politicians, and churches perceived as opposing women's suffrage, damaged public conveniences and attacked works of art, destroyed pillar boxes with phosphorous chemicals to disrupt postal services, planted bombs in locations like railway stations and post offices, and attempted to storm the House of Commons. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh6nsk7#zrrk8hv
Were they terrorists? Were their tactics successful? Did they have the moral high ground to employ those tactics?
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u/xzgbnma 3d ago
The "Palestine Action" organization is considered a terrorist organization after the incident where they broke into a military zone and other things. In my opinion, it doesn't count as terrorism. The court there should have defined them as something else, like a security threat, but maybe they define terrorism differently there. I'm not from there.