She described the group as “a covert organization operating with secret cells to avoid the detection and prosecution of those using violence to destroy the property of third parties” and said “at no stage has Palestine Action suggested that its terrorist activities were either a mistake or an aberration.”
Due to the proscription remaining in place, it is still an offense to support, fund, or belong to Palestine Action.
Huda Ammori, who co-founded Palestine Action in 2020 and brought the appeal over the designation to the high court earlier this year, issued a defiant statement in response to the ruling.
She vowed to “not stop fighting for the ban to be lifted” and for the “end of the use of terror legislation against us.”
In a statement to TIME, British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood welcomed the judgment upholding the proscription of the group.
“The court has found that Palestine Action has carried out acts of terrorism, celebrated those who have taken part in those acts, and promoted the use of violence. It is not an ordinary protest or civil disobedience group, and its actions are not consistent with democratic values and the rule of law,” she said.