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UK to ban Palestine Action, police clash with group’s supporters in London

A British Royal Air Force Voyager aircraft carrying members of armed forces arrives at Brize Norton, England [File: Alastair Grant/Pool via AP]

The British government has said it will deploy antiterrorism laws to ban Palestine Action, a prominent campaign organisation that has protested against Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and the United Kingdom’s role in supporting it, in the wake of its activists damaging two military planes.

Protesters clashed with police in London’s Trafalgar Square on Monday at a demonstration in solidarity with Palestine Action. The crowd moved towards police when officers tried to detain someone, while protesters chanted “let them go”.

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