A judicial determination struck down the Home Office's terrorism classification of Palestine Action as unlawful, marking a significant defeat for British authorities, The Independent reported.
Co-founder Huda Ammori prevailed in her judicial review challenging the governmental designation. The court's decision invalidated the classification despite its having been implemented following operational actions against military aircraft. Yvette Cooper, serving as Home Secretary at the time, instituted the proscription in July 2024 after operatives from the organization damaged aircraft at a Royal Air Force facility.
The designation remains under provisional status, pending additional court proceedings that could affect the outcomes of numerous criminal prosecutions involving protest participants currently advancing through Britain's judicial system.
NEW: Police release footage to trial of the Palestine Action members. It shows the attack on PC Kate Evans with a sledgehammer. This is distressing. She still isn't back to normal duties. Yet mainstream journalists and celebs call Palestine Action non-violent. A nasty joke. pic.twitter.com/pMuoOeGLby
— Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) November 24, 2025
Civil liberties organizations denounced the measure as a "grave abuse of state power," while attorneys representing Palestine Action maintained their client organization rejects violent methodology.
The ruling adds to earlier legal victories for the organization, including the acquittal of six Palestine Action operatives of aggravated burglary charges following allegations they forcibly entered the British headquarters of an Israeli arms manufacturer, Elbit.
Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers, and Jordan Devlin received not guilty verdicts at Woolwich Crown Court in southeastern London after prosecutors alleged they employed or threatened illegal force.
The operatives allegedly employed a police vehicle to breach an Elbit Systems manufacturing site in Bristol during the early morning of August 6, 2024, and assaulted responding officers using sledgehammers, Avon and Somerset Police stated, with video evidence presented to jurors.
The jury acquitted all six defendants of aggravated burglary, while Rajwani, Rogers, and Devlin also received not guilty determinations on violent disorder charges.
