UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide

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UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide - Lemmy.ca

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They’re calling these people terrorists for holding signs calling for the end of Israel’s genocide. They’re not calling the people who have been committing genocide every day terrorists: they’re valuable allies. This is the UK Government’s morality. I hope it’s not shared by the British people.
No they’re not. There’s a difference between “Palestine Action” (the group) and “actions and other stuff in favour of Palestine”. The former has been banned, the latter has not. Protesting is legal in the UK; vandalising Air Force equipment is not.
They threw red paint at fighter planes, idiot

Yes, that is vandalism by definition.

“Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.[1] The term includes property damage, such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any property without permission of the owner.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism

Vandalism - Wikipedia

Apparently they sabotaged the engines:

In June 2025, the Home Office announced that it intended to designate the group as a proscribed terrorist organisation after the group broke into RAF Brize Norton, vandalising and damaging two Royal Air Force Airbus A330 MRTT refuelling planes by spraying paint into their engines.

By committing that act they’ve successfully played themselves.

Home Office - Wikipedia

Shut the fuck up germgerm your country is arming a genocide too. Death to germany