Palestine Action

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Palestine Action, also called Pal Action, is a British direct action network founded in 2020 with the stated goal of "ending global participation in Israel's genocidal and apartheid regime". With Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems as their primary target from the beginning, the organisation has been active in protests against the Gaza war in the United Kingdom, with many of their most high-profile actions such as the "Filton 24" case coming in response to the Gaza genocide. It is currently proscribed as a terrorist group under the Terrorism Act 2000, making membership of, material support for, or displaying items in support of the group a criminal offence in the UK. The group uses direct action to disrupt the UK arms industry, which it accuses of being complicit with Israel in conducting a genocide. Palestine Action have mounted 45 documented direct actions in the United Kingdom. Key targets of the group have been British factories of Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems as well as RAF Brize Norton, a Royal Air Force base. In their campaigns, Palestine Action have used protest, occupation of premises, and destruction of property, which sometimes resulted in its members being arrested. An action in Filton on 6 August 2024 resulted in a lengthy legal process during which the defendants were held on remand for 18 or more months, during which time some undertook a hunger strike. In May 2026, mixed verdicts were returned after a retrial, and in June 2026 the four activists were sentenced to a total of over 20 years imprisonment. The British Government controversially proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group on 5 July 2025 under the UK's Terrorism Act 2000, citing property damage caused by a group of members at Brize Norton the month prior, where the activists sprayed military planes with red...