Al Arabiya English
Four British pro-Palestinian activists were on Tuesday convicted of criminal damage relating to a 2024 raid on a factory operated by Israeli defense firm Elbit, with one of the defendants found guilty of hitting a police officer with a sledgehammer.Prosecutors at London’s Woolwich Crown Court said the six defendants were members of the banned group Palestine Action, which organized the assault on the Elbit Systems UK facility in Bristol, southwest England, in August 2024.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The raid, which prosecutors said caused about 1 million pounds ($1.36 million) of damage, took place around 10 months into Israel’s bombardment of Gaza in response to a deadly attack by Hamas-led fighters in October 2023.Palestine Action was later proscribed under terrorism law, a decision which was ruled unlawful by London’s High Court though the group remains banned pending the government’s appeal, which was heard last week.The six
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