Met Police chief ‘shocked’ by planned Palestine Action protest in London
By: | Published: 2025-06-23 10:23:00 | Source: www.bbc.com
The Metropolitan Police chief has said he is “shocked and frustrated” at a planned protest in support of Palestine Action in London on Monday.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said while the right to protest is essential, “actions in support of such a group go beyond what most would see as legitimate protest”.
It comes as the home secretary is understood to be preparing a written statement to put before Parliament on Monday to proscribe the group, effectively branding it a terrorist organisation.
On Friday, Palestine Action activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed two military planes with red paint in protest of the UK’s support of Israel over the war in Gaza.
The planned protest in central London is supported by 35 groups including various other pro-Palestinian groups,…
