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Jewish Britons decry ban on Palestine Action as ‘illegitimate, unethical’

London's Metropolitan Police Service has warned that expressing support for Palestine Action could lead to arrest [Toby Melville/Reuters]

Leading Jewish figures in Britain have signed a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper denouncing the government’s decision to proscribe the activist group Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organisation.

The delivery of the letter on Tuesday coincides with a protest organised under the slogan Proscribe Genocide, Not Protest. The rally outside Downing Street is expected to draw hundreds of participants, including figures from Britain’s Jewish community.

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