"On Friday, High Court judges dealt a massive blow to the government of Labour leader Keir Starmer, saying, The decision to proscribe Palestine Action was disproportionate. Today is a victory for Palestine, Palestine Action cofounder Huda Ammori told Al Jazeera. The ban has backfired on [the government] massively. They've made Palestine Action a household name. They have spread the message and the power that ordinary people have to shut down weapons factories across the country and across the world. So for that, I thank them."
"Rather than ask somebody else to stop those weapons going and being used to commit genocide, we go to the source, and we stop those weapons ourselves, said Ammori, a 31-year-old Briton of Iraqi and Palestinian heritage. That is what direct action is about. If you saw a building burning down with children inside, you wouldn't hesitate to bang down the door to save those children's lives. It is exactly the same principle. You don't care about the value of the door. It is about th"
High Court judges found the UK's proscription of Palestine Action unlawful and disproportionate, overturning the government's ban. The decision represented a legal setback for the Labour government under Keir Starmer. Critics including the UN human rights chief and author Sally Rooney had condemned the ban as an illiberal overreach that equated Palestine Action with ISIL, al-Qaeda and extreme far-right groups. Co-founder Huda Ammori said the ban backfired, making the group widely known and amplifying its message about ordinary people obstructing weapons production. Founded in 2020, Palestine Action aims to counter alleged Israeli war crimes and British complicity by targeting arms manufacturers, chiefly Elbit Systems, through direct action.
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