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Palestine Action

Sally Rooney’s books are displayed for sale at a bookshop in London on October 15, 2026. (AP/Kin Cheung)
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Agencies and ToI Staff
Rooney has UK bookstores scrambling to see if they’re breaking terrorism law by selling her books
Anti-Israel author says her books can no longer be sold in UK because she helps finance the banned terror group Palestine Action
A CapitalOne bank location vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti, in New York City, October 19, 2026. (Courtesy)
October 19, 2026, 9:17 pm
New York City bank targeted with anti-Israel graffiti, windows smashed
Capital One location on Upper East Side defaced with message against Israeli defense firm Elbit and words ‘Pal Action,’ referencing UK group that attacked Elbit facility
By Luke Tress
Sarah Helm gives a virtual talk called "Toppling Balfour" in July 2020. (YouTube screenshot)
October 17, 2026, 11:33 pm
Pro-Palestine Action post by wife of aide to British PM doesn’t warrant probe — cops
UK police say tweet by Sarah Helm, whose husband is Burnham’s national security adviser, expressing support for Sally Rooney doesn’t meet ‘criminal threshold’ of backing for proscribed group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sarah Helm (YouTube screenshot)
October 17, 2026, 1:50 am
UK cops looking into post supporting Palestine Action by wife of Burnham’s top security aide
Metropolitan Police ‘assessing whether any further investigation required,’ after Sarah Helm fumes on X about withdrawal of Sally Rooney books due to novelist’s plan to give royalties to the proscribed terror group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sally Rooney takes part in a panel during the Winter 2020 Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 17, 2020, in Pasadena, California. (Richard Shotwell/ Invision/ AP)
October 15, 2026, 4:14 am
Sally Rooney’s publisher pulls books from UK over her support for outlawed anti-Israel group
Irish novelist’s publisher announces move to protest British law proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group, preventing her from transferring book royalties to support it
By Reuters
People cross Westminster Bridge as they take part in an anti-Israel march organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in central London, on October 10, 2026. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP)
October 10, 2026, 10:03 pm
Several arrested as thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in London
Police vowed ‘zero-tolerance approach to hate crime’ ahead of march, reiterated ban on masks; pro-Israel group leads small counterprotest; dozens more rallies held across Europe
By AFP, ToI Staff and JTA
Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 22, 2026, 7:28 pm
Spain allows US extradition case against alleged Hamas donor to proceed
Trump administration reportedly accuses James Cox Chambers of funneling $7.5 million to terror group, among other charges
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Supporters of alleged Palestine Action activists accused of breaking into Israeli-based defense firm Elbit Systems' site in Bristol in August 2024, hold placards and wave Palestinian flags outside Woolwich Crown Court in south east London on November 17, 2025, where the activists are due to stand trial. (Ben STANSALL / AFP)
September 15, 2026, 11:53 am
Convicted UK Palestine Action activist, freed for brother’s wedding, on run since last year
Sean Middlebrough was granted 3-day leave in October 2025 while awaiting trial for role in planning violent raid on Elbit factory; details reported after judge lifts gag order
By ToI Staff
Police on guard duty at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, July 25, 2025, ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
August 28, 2026, 2:14 pm
Prosecutors: Palestine activists who damaged Trump Scottish golf course had ‘terrorism connection’
Protesters from banned Palestine Action group charged with ‘maliciously’ damaging greens, painting ‘political and offensive slogans on the grass’ of Turnberry golf resort last year
By Reuters
Police officers monitor protesters holding a banner during a protest in support of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action, in Trafalgar Square, central London, on June 23, 2025. (Henry Nicholls / AFP)
August 26, 2026, 9:04 pm
Following UK’s lead, US designates Palestine Action as a terrorist organization
Move to ban, sanction British anti-Israel group comes amid crackdown by Trump administration on what it calls ‘far-left terror’; UK’s own ban is subject to court battle
By Agencies
Demonstrators gather outside the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, July 30, 2026, as a plea hearing for 25 people accused of showing support for Palestine Action takes place. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)
July 30, 2026, 9:05 pm
UK Supreme Court to hear appeal against Britain’s ban on Palestine Action group
After Court of Appeal upheld proscription of organization, co-founder wins right to appeal, vows to continue to fight ‘if necessary to the European Court of Human Rights’
By Agencies
People stand listening to the court proceedings outside the Royal Courts Of Justice in central London on June 15, 2026, amid a legal standoff between the UK government and the Palestine Action group. (CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 4:05 pm
UK court upholds ban on Palestine Action group, days after four activists jailed
Judge rules anti-Israel organization ‘is not, as it claims, a direct action civil disobedience protest group,’ but rather a ‘covert organization operating with secret cells’
By AFP
Samuel Corner (far right) and other Palestine Action activists Jordan Devlin, Leona Kamio, Charlotte Head, Fatema Rajwani and Zoe Rogers. (Used under clause 27a of the Israeli copyright law; taken from social media)
June 13, 2026, 3:21 am
Four UK pro-Palestinian activists jailed for violent raid on Israeli defense factory
Judge hands out years-long sentences as he highlights ‘terrorist connection’ in 2024 attack on Elbit, during which one activist fractured a policewoman’s spine with a sledgehammer
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Protesters gather outside the High Court in London on July 4, 2025 to support a challenge to the Home Secretary's decision to proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror laws. (BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
May 6, 2026, 11:10 pm
Canadian Jewish groups call for designating Palestine Action a terrorist entity
The groups say activist network’s guide on how to build ‘cells’ and ‘destroy’ targets incites violence and threatens security
By Grace Gilson
Bodycam footage from August 6, 2024, shows an officer aiming a taser gun at an intruder at Elbit UK's site in Bristol, England, after the intruder struck a police officer with a sledgehammer. (Screen capture: Channel 4)
May 5, 2026, 9:32 pm
Four Palestine Action members convicted over 2024 raid on Israeli arms firm’s UK site
Jurors in retrial also find one defendant guilty of striking police officer with a sledgehammer and fracturing her spine during break-in at Elbit’s Bristol factory
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Supporters of Palestine Action stage a protest outside the Royal Court of Justice in London, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
April 29, 2026, 11:59 pm
Palestine Action ban is risk to free speech, watchdog says, as UK gov’t appeals to bar group
Lawyers for anti-Israel group tell court that government should have taken criminal measures against it rather than ban it, as state argues such steps would have been insufficient
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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