Cultural Figures Urge UK to Halt Ban on Palestine Action
(MENAFN) A collective of more than 400 cultural personalities appealed to the British government on Monday to reconsider its plan to outlaw the Palestine Action group and to "stop arming Israel."
This plea was made through an open letter endorsed by prominent artists, including musicians Paul Weller, Massive Attack's Robert del Naja, Brian Eno, and American artist Reggie Watts.
"Palestine Action is intervening to stop a genocide. It is acting to save life. We deplore the government’s decision to proscribe it," stated the letter from Artists for Palestine UK.
The signatories emphasized that branding non-violent direct action as terrorism is "an abuse of language and an attack on democracy."
They further asserted, "The real threat to the life of the nation comes not from Palestine Action but from the home secretary’s efforts to ban it."
The letter ended with a call for the government to retract its move to ban Palestine Action and "to stop arming Israel."
Last week, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper declared her intention to proscribe Palestine Action, a UK-based organization that seeks to disrupt the activities of weapons manufacturers supplying the Israeli government.
This announcement followed an incident on June 20, when activists from the group trespassed into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and damaged two aircraft in protest against the UK’s backing of Israel and its assaults on the Gaza Strip.
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