Palestine Action activists guilty of criminal damage

The group of four activists were accused of breaking into the Elbit Systems factory near Bristol.

Barrister in Palestine Action trial facing contempt of court proceedings

Rajiv Menon KC accused of defying judge’s orders to not inform jury of right to acquit on basis of conscience A leading human rights barrister is facing contempt of court proceedings after he was accused of defying a judge’s orders during a trial of Palestine Action activists. Rajiv Menon KC is accused of breaching the judge’s directions while giving his closing speech in the trial of six people in relation to a 2024 direct action protest at an arms factory of the Israeli subsidiary Elbit Sys...

By Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

UK convicts four Palestine Action activists over break-in at Israeli firm

Members of the now-banned Palestine Action group raided Elbit's facility in Bristol months into Israel's war on Gaza.

Four Palestine Action activists convicted of criminal damage after raid at UK site of Israeli-based defence firm

Four Palestine Action activists have been found guilty of raiding an Israel-based defence firm’s UK site and destroying equipment with sledgehammers and crowbars in a bid to shut the factory down.

By Ellie Crabbe and Mathilde Grandjean

NYC anti-Israel activists set to protest outside Park East Synagogue

The protest's organizer said that the synagogue was hosting an exposition of the Great Israeli Real Estate Event, which it believed was selling "stolen Palestinian land."