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UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide

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  • C [email protected]

    I don't know if you just don't know how conversations work, but it follows pretty reasonably. It didn't come from no where. First someone complained about "the west" doing colonialism. Then someone corrected that all major powers do it. Finally someone points out that tankies only complain about "the west" and never China or Russia who do the same things.

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    This article is about the UK. The UK is pretty much the mothership of what we calls "the west".

    Whining about china is deflection

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      What really happened here: Members of this Palestine Action group sneaked onto a military base and attacked the aircrafts there. This act of politically motivated vandalism resulted in this group being officially banned by the government. Which is totally ok, no state in the world will and can tolerate some group doing acts of terrorism and/or doing sabotage.

      Supporting banned terrorist organizations is of course also not allowed (which really makes sense) and yeah, this priest totally did that on purpose. You are therefore totally fine holding up a sign supporting Israel and you are also totally fine holding up a sign supporting Palestine, but you are not fine holding up signs supporting banned organizations.

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      Fedditbro supporting genocide.

      Nobody's surprised.

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        Shut the fuck up.

        1. no that doesn't sound like vandalism what the fuck if a bit of paint can damage a fighter plane why do we spend half a billion for each of them.
        2. the british army is complicit in a genocide. They deserve to get their planes blown up. Paint is gentle.
        3. you're a genocidal piece of shit who support censorship
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        Please tell me where you park your car and your number plate. I will then throw red paint on it. If a bit of paint can damage your car, why did you spend 40.000€ on it?

        Just listen to yourself - of course throwing paint into an aircraft engine will damage a plane. This is exactly why this group did it. And there is nothing to prevent this - throwing paint will destroy every engine and esp. jet engines. If you do not believe me, throw a bucket of paint into your car engine. You can support Palestine, but please use your brain and try to think about some things before posting. You can do better than this.

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        • B [email protected]

          What really happened here: Members of this Palestine Action group sneaked onto a military base and attacked the aircrafts there. This act of politically motivated vandalism resulted in this group being officially banned by the government. Which is totally ok, no state in the world will and can tolerate some group doing acts of terrorism and/or doing sabotage.

          Supporting banned terrorist organizations is of course also not allowed (which really makes sense) and yeah, this priest totally did that on purpose. You are therefore totally fine holding up a sign supporting Israel and you are also totally fine holding up a sign supporting Palestine, but you are not fine holding up signs supporting banned organizations.

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          Piece of shit

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            Please tell me where you park your car and your number plate. I will then throw red paint on it. If a bit of paint can damage your car, why did you spend 40.000€ on it?

            Just listen to yourself - of course throwing paint into an aircraft engine will damage a plane. This is exactly why this group did it. And there is nothing to prevent this - throwing paint will destroy every engine and esp. jet engines. If you do not believe me, throw a bucket of paint into your car engine. You can support Palestine, but please use your brain and try to think about some things before posting. You can do better than this.

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            I don't have a car. I don't like to spread lung cancer.

            Piece of shit

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            • B [email protected]

              Please tell me where you park your car and your number plate. I will then throw red paint on it. If a bit of paint can damage your car, why did you spend 40.000€ on it?

              Just listen to yourself - of course throwing paint into an aircraft engine will damage a plane. This is exactly why this group did it. And there is nothing to prevent this - throwing paint will destroy every engine and esp. jet engines. If you do not believe me, throw a bucket of paint into your car engine. You can support Palestine, but please use your brain and try to think about some things before posting. You can do better than this.

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              Fucktard genocidal cunt.

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              • B [email protected]

                What really happened here: Members of this Palestine Action group sneaked onto a military base and attacked the aircrafts there. This act of politically motivated vandalism resulted in this group being officially banned by the government. Which is totally ok, no state in the world will and can tolerate some group doing acts of terrorism and/or doing sabotage.

                Supporting banned terrorist organizations is of course also not allowed (which really makes sense) and yeah, this priest totally did that on purpose. You are therefore totally fine holding up a sign supporting Israel and you are also totally fine holding up a sign supporting Palestine, but you are not fine holding up signs supporting banned organizations.

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                Nah, Labeling them as "terrorists" is disproportionate.

                Criminals, yes. Terrorists, no.

                The definition of terrorism under british law can apply to basically any protest group and if applied retroactively would drag things like the suffragette movement under the umbrella of terrorism.

                This move is an assault on all of our freedom of speech

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                  They threw red paint at fighter planes, idiot

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                  Yes, that is vandalism by definition.

                  "Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.[1]
                  The term includes property damage, such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any property without permission of the owner."

                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism

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                  • S [email protected]

                    Shut the fuck up.

                    1. no that doesn't sound like vandalism what the fuck if a bit of paint can damage a fighter plane why do we spend half a billion for each of them.
                    2. the british army is complicit in a genocide. They deserve to get their planes blown up. Paint is gentle.
                    3. you're a genocidal piece of shit who support censorship
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                    That's the definition of vandalism. Feel free to open a dictionary and educate yourself.

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                    • B [email protected]

                      What really happened here: Members of this Palestine Action group sneaked onto a military base and attacked the aircrafts there. This act of politically motivated vandalism resulted in this group being officially banned by the government. Which is totally ok, no state in the world will and can tolerate some group doing acts of terrorism and/or doing sabotage.

                      Supporting banned terrorist organizations is of course also not allowed (which really makes sense) and yeah, this priest totally did that on purpose. You are therefore totally fine holding up a sign supporting Israel and you are also totally fine holding up a sign supporting Palestine, but you are not fine holding up signs supporting banned organizations.

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                      What really happened is already in the article, my questions are about how lawmakers would respond if you openly support the same side they are supporting. That is especially relevant as r i don't expect regular folk to let me walk around showing the same kind of support for genocide. This has nothing to do with the Palestine Action group and what they did or didn't do.

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                        The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription.

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                        Feckless cowards.

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                        • huppakee@feddit.nlH [email protected]

                          Just wondering, if I would hold up a sign with 'go isreal, continue the amazing work you do!', would that get me arrested? Surely i'd get beat up but i mean what would the lawmakers think of that? Would it be different if the sign would say 'go isreal, murder those innocent families' or 'go isreal, your genocide rules!' (am i allowed to call it a genocide if i'm not against it?)

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                          make is sarcastic, the British way.

                          go on the telly, then show them a mirror to themselves. talk how excited you are for how many humanitarian volunteers are being slaughtered, how clever is it to stave children so they can take their land....

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                            @theacharnian So now the Jews own the USA, UK, and Germany, who else?
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                            then why are Jewish voices some of the loudest anti Israel voices?

                            you racist cunt

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                              Feckless cowards.

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                              Genocide accomplices!

                              Everyone involved with this "law" should be tried and hung in the Hague for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity.

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                              • B [email protected]

                                What really happened here: Members of this Palestine Action group sneaked onto a military base and attacked the aircrafts there. This act of politically motivated vandalism resulted in this group being officially banned by the government. Which is totally ok, no state in the world will and can tolerate some group doing acts of terrorism and/or doing sabotage.

                                Supporting banned terrorist organizations is of course also not allowed (which really makes sense) and yeah, this priest totally did that on purpose. You are therefore totally fine holding up a sign supporting Israel and you are also totally fine holding up a sign supporting Palestine, but you are not fine holding up signs supporting banned organizations.

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                                Thanks for providing proper context.

                                Before they decided to break into a British military base and sabotage planes their status might have been debatable.

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                                  Does Israel have dirt on all these people? Its wild how everyone just supports genocide so willingly.

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                                  Every western government is scared of opposing Israel since WW2. It's absurd.

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                                  • huppakee@feddit.nlH [email protected]

                                    Just wondering, if I would hold up a sign with 'go isreal, continue the amazing work you do!', would that get me arrested? Surely i'd get beat up but i mean what would the lawmakers think of that? Would it be different if the sign would say 'go isreal, murder those innocent families' or 'go isreal, your genocide rules!' (am i allowed to call it a genocide if i'm not against it?)

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                                    Or you you could just, you know.. protest against Israel and pro Palestinians without explicitly showing your allegiance to terrorist organizations such as Hamas.

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                                      MPs had voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to proscribe the direct action group, alongside the neo-Nazi Maniacs Murder Cult and the Russian Imperial Movement.

                                      Has anyone affiliated with the other two groups been arrested since this went into effect?

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                                      Were there people holding up signs for these in public places?

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                                        Yes, that is vandalism by definition.

                                        "Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.[1]
                                        The term includes property damage, such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any property without permission of the owner."

                                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism

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                                        Apparently they sabotaged the engines:

                                        In June 2025, the Home Office announced that it intended to designate the group as a proscribed terrorist organisation after the group broke into RAF Brize Norton, vandalising and damaging two Royal Air Force Airbus A330 MRTT refuelling planes by spraying paint into their engines.

                                        By committing that act they’ve successfully played themselves.

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                                          Or you you could just, you know.. protest against Israel and pro Palestinians without explicitly showing your allegiance to terrorist organizations such as Hamas.

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                                          But how would I telegraph my desire to murder the Jews if I did that?

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