Britain's High Court ruled Friday that the government's decision to ban the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was unlawful, though the ban remains in place pending an appeal. The court's decision, delivered by judges Victoria Sharp, Jonathan Swift, and Karen Steyn, stated that "the nature and scale of Palestine Action's activities" did not meet the legal threshold for a terrorist designation, according to The Associated Press.
The ruling comes as the political landscape shifts in other parts of the world. In Bangladesh, the Bangladeshi Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, claimed victory Friday in the first elections held since the previous government was toppled in a student-led revolution in 2024, according to NPR. Final results are still pending, with the Election Commission expected to announce them in the coming days.
Meanwhile, in Germany, members of the far-right AfD Party are set to attend the Munich Security Conference for the first time in years, after previously being banned.
The legal challenge against the ban on Palestine Action stemmed from the government's classification of the group as a terrorist organization. Protesters demonstrated outside the Old Bailey court in London, where four Palestine Action activists were to appear in court charged over a break-in at RAF Brize Norton on June 20, in which aircraft were damaged with spraypaint, as reported by the AP.
The U.S. has also been involved in discussions regarding the future of Gaza. According to a U.S. proposal obtained by NPR, U.S. security officials stationed in Jerusalem drew up a plan on Oct. 30, 2023, just three weeks after the Hamas-led attack on Israel, for what should be done when the war ends. The memo, titled "Gaza Exit Strategy and the Morning After," made two main recommendations to the Biden administration: to immediately set up Palestinian and international security forces to prevent Hamas from returning to power.
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