The Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) and the Community Security Trust (CST) have been given permission by the Supreme Court to intervene in the appeal to reverse the proscription of Palestine Action later this week.
The court’s hearings on the case are scheduled for November 4 and 5 after the group’s co-founder Huda Ammori appealed a High Court ruling, which itself reversed a lower court decision that the government’s proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 was unlawful.
In a joint statement, the two Jewish organisations said: “The Supreme Court has granted permission to the JLC and the CST to jointly intervene in the appeal relating to the proscription of Palestine Action.
“Before it was proscribed, Palestine Action’s violent activism spread from attacking companies they believed were linked to Israel, to targeting Jewish-owned businesses and premises in Jewish community areas, in its campaign against ‘Zionist influence’.
“We are intervening in this case to take a stand against Palestine Action’s use of political violence and terrorism. Our submissions explain why the continued proscription of Palestine Action matters, not only for the Jewish community, but for society as a whole.”
The group was first proscribed in July 2025, weeks after its activists broke into RAF Brize Norton and sprayed red paint over two RAF Voyager aircraft.
A previous trial was told that repairs following that attack had cost £1.7 million, with the final bill potentially reaching £15 million.
The group has targeted pro-Israel and Jewish organisations. In November 2024, it claimed responsibility for spraying red paint on the London offices of the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (Bicom) and the Jewish National Fund (JNF).
Since its proscription by then Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Palestine Action has attempted to legally challenge the ban.
In February, the High Court ruled that the proscription was unlawful and disproportionate.
However, the Court of Appeal overturned that decision in June, leaving the ban in force ahead of the Supreme Court hearing scheduled for November 4 and 5.
Last week, in a rare joint leader, the JC and the Jewish News appealed to the court to maintain the ban.
Palestine Action’s proscription has led to mass protests in which hundreds of people have been arrested under counter-terror legislation, many of them for holding signs reading: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
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