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Palestine Action's many 'nans' put themselves on the line to inflate UK terror arrests

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A 59-year-old white woman, often from a professional background in southern England, is most likely to be apprehended by UK police in a wave of arrests that has resulted in the nation's biggest terrorist law crackdown in 25 years. The National can reveal that almost half of terror-related arrests since 9/11 have been made in the past 12 months, due to people expressing support for the proscribed campaign group Palestine Action . Dozens more arrests were made on Thursday, as supporters of the group gathered at a demonstration outside Westminster Magistrate's Court, London. They shouted “I support Palestine Action” as a group to trigger mass arrests. Palestine Action is a direct-action protest group that was proscribed last year after a series of demonstrations at Israel-linked arms factories and a British Royal Air Force Base. Though the High Court initially ruled the government’s ban on the organisation unlawful, this was overturned by the Court of Appeal in June. The Supreme Court on

First report: Dozens detained during rally against Palestine Action movement ban in London — tass.com, 12d