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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
eco-g@stroud.social ("Cllr Gareth Kitchen") wrote:
Green Peer Jenny Jones tabled a “motion to regret” to government plans to proscribe Palestine Action in the House of Lords, the strongest opposition allowed, reports the Guardian.
Jenny told the government:
If you want Palestine Action to disappear, then stop sending arms to Israel and giving military support to a foreign government engaged in ethnic cleansing. There are many things Palestine Action has done I don’t agree with, but spraying paint on refuelling planes that campaigners believe are used to help the ethnic cleansing in Gaza is not terrorism. It’s criminal damage, which we already have laws for.
The motion of regret was rejected by 144 votes to 16, a majority of 128. Palestine Action will challenge its proscription at the Royal Courts of Justice today from 10.30am.
