British MPs on Wednesday voted a ban on the propalestine group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization. The aim of this group is to disrupt the activities of weapons producers supplying the Israeli government. British Interior Minister Yvette Cooper came up with a proposal to disable the group in June after the activists of this group entered the Brize Norton Air Base in central England and damaged two aircraft of the British Airbus (RAF) type Airbus Voyager. According to the report of Reuters and CNN, TASR reports this.
Once the law is approved, the organization will be included in terrorist movements such as Hamas or IS
MEPs voted for a ban on the vote 382: 26. The proposal of the Regulation will be reached on Thursday to the House of Lords. If it is approved by the upper chamber, the prohibition will come into effect in the coming days.
CNN explains that the ban on this group will mean that, according to British laws, it will be prohibited to be a member of Palestine Action or call for it to support it. The group would thus be included in the level of terrorist organizations, such as the Palestinian militant Hamas movement, the international terrorist network of the al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group (IS)-which caused a conviction by UN experts, human rights and politicians protection organizations.
Human rights advocates criticize the inclusion of a protest group on the list of terrorists
Human rights advocates argue that in the event of this Act, this will probably be the first case in the history of the United Kingdom, when a direct protest group is prohibited on the basis of anti -terrorist legislation.
Those who will resist the ban will face up to 14 years in prison. According to the police, there is a six -month imprisonment or a fine to persons who wear clothes ‘arousing reasonable suspicion’ that a person is a member or supporter of this group.
Activists sprayed the aircraft of the British Royal Air Force with red color
Cooper announced the intention to disable the group on June 23 in response to Palestine Action activists who sprayed two aircraft of the British Royal Air Force, used to replenish fuel and strategic transport. The group stated that the aim was mentioned aircraft because of their alleged role in the transport of military cargo and for their use in the addition of fuel to Israeli, American and British military aircraft.
A source from the British Ministry of Defense for CNN said that Airbus Voyager RAF aircraft do not transfer anything to Israeli forces or complement the fuel of Israeli aircraft.
The Group starts against the government’s decision
Palestine Action announced on Monday that it had begun legal proceedings against the government’s decision. On Tuesday, the group said its activists blocked access to the Israeli Military Technology Company Elbit Systems in Bristol. Other members of the protest group occupied the roof of a subcontracting company in Suffolk, which she believes is linked to ELBIT.
