Motion · S6M-18065 · 22 Jun 2025
Proscribing of Palestine Action
The motion
That the Parliament notes with concern reports that the UK Home Secretary has decided to place what it considers to be the non-violent campaigning organisation, Palestine Action, on the UK Government's proscribed list alongside international terrorist organisations such as Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Islamic Jihad, Hizb ut-Tahrir, ISIL, the Wagner Group and, closer to home, the Irish Republican Army, Irish National Liberation Army, Ulster Volunteer Force and Ulster Freedom Fighters; believes that all of these groups have, unlike Palestine Action, at some stage taken part in violent action; fears that this decision is an overreaction from the UK Government, which, it believes, appears to be embarrassed by the actions of Palestine Action and terrified to show anything but utter compliance and subservience to the Israeli government in what it sees as its ongoing ethnic cleansing of Gaza, and to its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, despite there being a reported warrant from the International Criminal Court for his arrest on charges of war crimes, and urges the Home Secretary to let the justice system deal with any ongoing criminal offences potentially committed by Palestine Action during reported events at RAF Brize Norton, and to proscribe only those organisations that, it considers, really do, or did, cause a threat to life, such as the Israel Defense Forces.
Supporters (10)
- Stephanie Callaghan 5 Sep 2025
- Maggie Chapman Scottish Green Party 5 Sep 2025
- Ross Greer Scottish Green Party 5 Sep 2025
- Patrick Harvie Scottish Green Party 5 Sep 2025
- Ben Macpherson Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Paul McLennan Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Mark Ruskell Scottish Green Party 5 Sep 2025
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Evelyn Tweed 5 Sep 2025
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.