cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34639023
The British government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group on 5 July 2025 under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 after members of the network vandalised RAF aircraft at Brize Norton.[12] Since then, British police have arrested 744 individuals for showing support to Palestine Action, many of these resulting from a sit-in on Parliament Square on 9 August 2025.[13][14] Civil liberties groups have criticised the ban as “conflating protest with terrorism.”[15]
I agree that the use by states is hypocritical and the designation currently is meaningless.
But the definition in itself is relevant imo. to call out states when they engage in terror, which many, but not all, do.