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There has been a staggering 660 percent increase in terrorist arrests year-on-year due to the support of Palestine actionOfficial figures show.
The pro-Palestinian protest group was banned under terrorism laws in July this year. Hundreds of people have protested against his terror ban by holding placards saying “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine action” – an act which is now a crime Under terrorism law.
Government figures published on Thursday show there were 1,886 arrests in the year to September for terrorism-related activity – 1,630 or 86 percent linked to supporting Palestine action.
The total number of terrorism-related arrests last year was 248. Those arrested for supporting Palestine action were 4.4 times more likely to be female, and they were generally significantly older than those arrested for terrorist offences.
The average age for arrests related to supporting Palestine action was 57 years, while the average age for arrests related to non-Palestinian action was 30 years.
In the months before the Prohibition of Palestine action, between April and June 2025, there were 63 arrests for terrorist-related activity. This increased by 2,608 percent following Palestine Action’s ban, with 1,706 arrests recorded from July to September.
Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action Group’s ban challenged in High CourtHer barristers argued that the impact of the ban was “dramatic, severe, widespread and potentially lifelong”.
Raza Hussain KC told the judges that the decision was taken by the then Home Secretary Yvette Cooper The banning of the organization in June 2025 was “unique and unprecedented”. He told the court: “This is the first direct action civil disobedience organization that never advocates violence as prohibited as terrorism.”
He said the decision, over which Ms Cooper stammered, was “so extreme that it left the UK lagging behind internationally”.
The court heard that the Foreign Office had advised the Home Office that, while Palestine Action was active in other countries, “its activity is largely viewed by international partners as activism, not extremism or terrorism”.
Sir James AD Casey, on behalf of the government, argued that it was for Parliament to decide what acts constituted terrorism. He said the Home Secretary was advised by a group of security experts Some actions of the Palestine Action were qualified as terrorist acts.
The data comes after the two police forces confirmed they would arrest people for sloganeering “Globalize the intifada”, he said after a targeted attack on Australia’s Jewish community in Sydney, adding: “The context has changed”.
Two men have now been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offenses after chanting “slogans calling for intifada”, the Metropolitan Police said.