The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription.

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    They’re calling these people terrorists for holding signs calling for the end of Israel’s genocide. They’re not calling the people who have been committing genocide every day terrorists: they’re valuable allies. This is the UK Government’s morality. I hope it’s not shared by the British people.

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      What if it is an excuse to put people that openly oppose colonialism and authority under control and fear? They maybe don’t care that much for Israel but why miss this opportunity?

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      Technically it’s because some members of the group trespassed in a military base and vandalised an airplane. Which is trespassing and vandalism. Not terrorism. Unless Starmer has been watching too much Thomas & the Friends and Pixar’s Cars and believes that the poor planes can’t sleep at night anymore, because they are terrified.

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      No they’re not. There’s a difference between “Palestine Action” (the group) and “actions and other stuff in favour of Palestine”. The former has been banned, the latter has not. Protesting is legal in the UK; vandalising Air Force equipment is not.

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        Damaging equipment that is being used to conduct genocide is not vandalism, it’s human fucking decency.

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          True, but I wasn’t aware that the RAF are currently flying sorties into any ongoing genocide.

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              You might want to re-read that article. It doesn’t mention Gaza once. Here are some quotes:

              “fighting between Israel and Iran”
              “protect UK personnel and bases in the Middle East”
              “we’ve never been involved in attacking with Israel”
              “we’ve got assets out there they need to be protected given Iran has suggested they might be under threat”

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          That’s sounds like vandalism, which confirms what the other guy said.

          And there’s no need for insults.

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              That’s the definition of vandalism. Feel free to open a dictionary and educate yourself.

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              Please tell me where you park your car and your number plate. I will then throw red paint on it. If a bit of paint can damage your car, why did you spend 40.000€ on it?

              Just listen to yourself - of course throwing paint into an aircraft engine will damage a plane. This is exactly why this group did it. And there is nothing to prevent this - throwing paint will destroy every engine and esp. jet engines. If you do not believe me, throw a bucket of paint into your car engine. You can support Palestine, but please use your brain and try to think about some things before posting. You can do better than this.

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          Yes, that is vandalism by definition.

          “Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.[1] The term includes property damage, such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any property without permission of the owner.”

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism