Overview

• Police said 857 people were held on suspicion of supporting a proscribed group under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act and 33 for other offences, including 17 alleged assaults on officers.
• Senior commanders reported “intolerable” abuse and coordinated disorder, while organisers insisted the sit-in was peaceful and included many older and vulnerable participants.
• Palestine Action was proscribed in July after an RAF Brize Norton incident that damaged two Voyager aircraft, estimated at £7 million, making public support a criminal offence.
• The High Court has allowed co-founder Huda Ammori to challenge the ban and the government has permission to appeal, with a hearing scheduled for September 25.
• The Met contrasted the operation with a separate London pro-Palestinian march of about 20,000 that saw few arrests, and police reported smaller related arrests in Belfast and Edinburgh.