Palestine Action Ban Now Challenged at UK Supreme Court

Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori took her challenge against Britain’s Palestine Action ban to the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday (Nov 4), as around two dozen people were arrested outside the court in London, Reuters reported.

The group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July 2025. London’s High Court initially ruled the ban unlawful, but the Court of Appeal overturned that decision in June.

Challengers say Palestine Action ban disproportionate

Lawyers for Ammori argued that the ban was disproportionate and undermined counter-terrorism laws. They told the court that, when the group was banned, government officials had assessed that only three of the 385 actions it carried out over five years met the definition of terrorism.

Ammori’s lawyer Raza Husain also pointed to the suffragettes and other groups that he said “used tactics similar or more extreme than Palestine Action”, citing the suffragettes’ bombing campaign in the early 20th century. The Court of Appeal had rejected comparisons with such historical groups when it upheld the ban.

Home Office cites Elbit raid

Britain’s Home Office argues that the group’s escalating actions, which caused serious property damage, amounted to terrorism and justified the ban. It points in particular to a 2024 raid targeting Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems.

According to the Home Office, that attack involved the use of violence and weapons against security staff and police officers, one of whom suffered a spinal injury after being hit with a sledgehammer.

More than 4,000 arrests

Arrests linked to support for Palestine Action now number more than 4,000, Reuters said. That includes more than 300 people held outside the US embassy in London last weekend and about two dozen outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Home Office statistics showed more than 3,600 arrests linked to support for the group between its proscription in July 2025 and June this year, representing more than a third of all terrorism arrests in Britain since the Sept 11 attacks. Any resulting charges could be dropped if the ban is overturned, Reuters reported.

The United States designated Palestine Action a terrorist group in August, according to the report.

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