Met Police head ‘shocked’ by protest backing pro-Palestine group after RAF base vandalism

• The UK government plans to ban Palestine Action, with the Home Secretary set to update Parliament on the move.
• The decision follows the group's vandalism of two planes at RAF Brize Norton, an incident currently under investigation by counter-terror police.
• Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he was “shocked and frustrated” by a planned protest supporting Palestine Action, labelling the outfit an organised extremist criminal group.
• Proscribing Palestine Action would make it a criminal offence to belong to or support the group, carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
• Palestine Action justifies its actions by stating the UK has failed to prevent genocide, while critics and supporters hold differing views on the legitimacy of the ban.

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Sir Mark Rowley ‘shocked’ at planned protest in support of Palestine Action