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February 18, 2026

Founded in 2020, Palestine Action first came to prominence or notoriety for their attack on an aerodrome, owned by Elbit Systems, defacing fighter jets, which were involved in the Israeli’s genocide in Gaza.

- Ian Petrie, Edinburgh

Palestine Action were proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the Government and really took off, organising peaceful protests on a weekly basis, which attracted huge crowds, many of whom bore placards, bearing the message, ‘we abhor genocide, we support Palestine Action.’

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