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Over 500 Arrested at London Palestine Action Protest

Is banning Palestine Action a dangerous attack on free expression or a necessary step to restore law and order?

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Over 500 Arrested at London Palestine Action Protest

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Above: A protester is being arrested by the police during the rally on April 11, 2026. Image credit: Andrea Domeniconi/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

Proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group is a blatant political move that stretches the Terrorism Act beyond recognition — property damage is not terrorism, and the suffragettes proved that. Lumping a protest group in with neo-Nazis to maximize votes is shameless manipulation. This sets a dangerous precedent that threatens free expression and assembly for every activist in the U.K.

David Icke on X openDemocracy

Right narrative

Palestine Action was lawfully designated a terrorist group, and flouting that ban at Trafalgar Square deserved exactly the swift arrests it got. A two-tier system that lets anti-Israel protesters act with impunity while charging peaceful counter-protesters is a national embarrassment. Restoring equal enforcement of the law is the only way to return sanity to British streets.

Richard Tice on X The Telegraph