Once again, the British state is exploiting anti-democratic terrorism
measures to secure convictions of Palestine Action defendants who
targeted an Israeli weapons plant.
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EXCLUSIVE: BRITISH STATE TARGETS PALESTINE ACTION WITH YET ANOTHER
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ONCE AGAIN, THE BRITISH STATE IS EXPLOITING ANTI-DEMOCRATIC TERRORISM
MEASURES TO SECURE CONVICTIONS OF PALESTINE ACTION DEFENDANTS WHO
TARGETED AN ISRAELI WEAPONS PLANT. UK MEDIA IS CURRENTLY FORBIDDEN FROM
REPORTING ON THE TRIAL.
From October 5th, an eight-week-long trial of nine Palestine Action
activists known as the Instro 10 will begin at London's Old Bailey. The
defendants are accused of criminal damage, burglary - trespass including
criminal damage - and violent disorder.
In keeping with several recent cases [10] brought against the activist
collective, which the British state proscribed as a terrorist entity in
July 2025 [11], the jury and public are not allowed to know - and the
British media is prohibited from reporting - that if activists are
convicted of any offenses, they could be sentenced as terrorists.
Palestine Action is a direct action protest group which successfully
forced four weapons plants run by the Israeli state-owned company Elbit
Systems to close. In several cases, juries acquitted activists after
they argued that the property damage they caused saved countless lives
in the besieged Gaza Strip, where Israel stands accused of committing
genocide. Having suffered millions in damage as it was repeatedly forced
to cease production [12], Elbit and the British state began conspiring
[13] to crack down on the activists. This resulted in the effort to
stack the legal deck against Palestine Action defendants.
This June, four activists received prison terms ranging from nearly five
to over eight years due to the subsequently applied "terrorist
connection" label. The judge prohibited the defendants from discussing
their motives or arguing that their actions were intended to prevent far
graver crimes being perpetrated by Elbit's weapons.
By denying defendants particular legal defenses, British authorities are
attempting to rubber-stamp convictions, and ramming through sentences
that are far harsher than for criminal offenses. Had the Instro 10 been
publicly charged with "terrorist" offenses, they would have had an
opportunity to effectively argue their case properly in open court. But
under the new, nakedly undemocratic rules, they are muzzled by judicial
decree.
The Instro 10's names are Nasser Akhtar, Elliot Wilson, Maximillian
Dixon, Nirad Abrol, Seirol Davies, Xavi Davies, Eoin O'Meara, Hannah
Davidson, Yulia Brigadirova.
On June 17 2024 [14], Palestine Action descended on the British
headquarters of weapons factory Instro Precision, a subsidiary [15] of
Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. Instro's CEO is Dagan Yogev
[16], an Israeli military veteran who was a major during Tel Aviv's 2006
assault on Lebanon. After leaving the IDF, he worked in senior positions
within Elbit's Israeli headquarters. Instro produces targeting equipment
which has been used in genocidal assaults on Gaza and Southern Lebanon.
Seven Palestine Action members broke into the factory, inflicting
reportedly in excess of £1 million ($1.32 million) in damage. Two days
later [17], an Instro Precision state export license to Israel was
cancelled, perhaps due to the firm's inability to fulfill the order in
the wake of Palestine Action's visit.
The seven activists responsible were arrested on-site, and released on
bail within 24 hours. Counter-terror police were not involved at any
stage. By this point too, not a single Palestine Action activist had
been accused of terrorism, or charged under the Terrorism Act.
Unbeknownst to Palestine Action, a secret meeting occurred within 10
days of Instro Precision being struck, at which the Crown Prosecution
Service discussed "the resource implications" of PA's proscription as a
terrorist organization with senior British counter-terror officers. In
other words, prosecutors and police were weighing the potential
financial windfall they would reap by designating Palestine Action as a
terrorist group.
The Grayzone has reviewed heavily redacted records of the meeting. They
contain powerpoint charts replete with a "threat matrix" indicating how
citizen political activity is categorized by authorities as "high level
aggravated activism," or "terrorism." The former activity is defined as
activism involving "unlawful behaviour that has… a significant negative
impact on UK businesses."
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In March 2025, around the time Britain's Proscription Review Group met
to determine [19] whether Palestine Action should be proscribed as a
terrorist group, British authorities brought charges against activists
who targeted the Instro factory. Initially, they were accused of the
same crimes as the Filton Six: aggravated burglary, criminal damage and
violent disorder, with a "terrorist connection" covertly applied on the
basis of serious property damage. But in July, when then-Home Secretary
Yvette Cooper announced PA's proscription [20], she cited the Instro
case as an example of "violence" perpetrated by the group.
Despite the highly politicized terror designation, a British court was
forced to drop charges of aggravated burglary against the Instro 10,
indicating that neither police nor prosecutors possessed any evidence
Palestine Action intended to harm any person. Indeed, during its five
years of operation, PA has conducted hundreds of direct actions without
injuring a single person.
This August, as Palestine Action appealed [21] its proscription in the
UK, the administration of US President Donald Trump designated the group
[22] as a global "terrorist" threat. This appears to have been, at least
in part, an effort to bolster the dubious case against the
philanthropist and Palestine Action supporter Fergie Chambers [23], who
faces extradition to the US from Spain for supporting "foreign terrorist
organizations."
From Washington to London, governments are stripping away their patina
of liberal democracy to protect their relationship with Tel Aviv.
Counter-terror legislation is now the weapon of choice in their war on
citizens who seek to obstruct Israel's genocide machine.
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