Jailed members of Palestine Action have been successfully spreading the ‘intifada’ from behind bars, the controversial group has brazenly declared.
The bold revelation from the group – which is set to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation – comes as Palestine Action revealed it is preparing to launch a wave of attacks against military sites across Britain.
Last Friday, the group released footage of members infiltrating RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and vandalising two aircraft – leading to four arrests by terror police yesterday.
A woman, 29, and two men, aged 36 and 24 from London, were arrested on suspicion of a terror offence, while another woman, 41, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
In the aftermath of the incident, the unrepentant group held a series of secret recruitment calls, attended by around 50 new ‘comrades’, in which it identified RAF Cranwell and RAF Barkston Heath in Lincolnshire, and RAF Valley in Anglesey, as their next top targets.
The extremist group, which has already triggered a major security review of UK military bases, is understood to be targeting sites it claims are linked to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems.
In a disturbing presentation during the meeting, slides detailed how members should ‘hit everything you can find with a sledgehammer’ and form autonomous cells capable of operating undetected.
Activists were also instructed to download the encrypted messaging app Signal to receive secret instructions.
Jailed members of Palestine Action have been successfully spreading the ‘intifada’ from behind bars, they have brazenly claimed. Pictured: A protester, wearing what appears to be a Holocaust victim outfit, holds a sign reading ‘We are all Palestine Action’
The Palestine Action movement is led by Huda Ammori, 31, a British-born activist from Bolton
Four people have been arrested after infiltrating RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and vandalising two aircraft
Now in the latest development, a former prisoner and Palestine Action activist was quoted as saying the British state had made a ‘miscalculation’ in locking him up – and he spent his time behind bars persuading others to join the ‘intifada’ – an Arabic word meaning ‘uprising’ – The Telegraph reported.
Speaking at a direct action ‘workshop’, a group member quoted the anonymous prisoner as saying: ‘They thought that by imprisoning me, they would halt the British resistance to Israel’s genocide.
‘But while you can imprison a revolutionary, you cannot imprison a revolution.
‘The resistance lives on the streets, in our cities and our towns, and in our prisons too.’
At present, there are 19 Palestine Action activists imprisoned in the UK.
The majority of these are the ‘Filton 18’, who remain in custody while awaiting trial over the infiltration of Elbit System’s research, development, and manufacturing hub in Filton, Bristol, last August.
Facing arrest and prison however is however to be expected, new recruits are being told, and that they must be willing to make ‘sacrifices’.
At one such secret recruitment meeting, the organiser, appearing in front of a flag linked to the YPJ – a Kurdish female militia involved in the Syrian civil war – told potential recruits: ‘The conviction and courage it takes to take this action in the first place is accepting that level of sacrifice.’
One man at a protest this week in support of Palestine Action is seen being removed by police
Protesters were seen scuffling with officers as they scrambled to get the demo under control
She added: ‘As much as we can stand by our morals and our ethics, we have to know for a fact we have to be well informed that there are risks that we are taking – that is both legal consequences… but also psychologically and financially.’
Those present at the online gathering were told they would be divided into individual cells to carry out attacks independently – a tactic designed to avoid leaders being arrested, similar to the structure of groups like Extinction Rebellion.
Among the participants were university lecturers, a clergyman, and others described as ranging ‘from nursery teachers to surgeons’, aged from 18 to 80.
The movement is led by Huda Ammori, 31, a British-born activist from Bolton. The daughter of a Palestinian surgeon and an Iraqi mother, she co-founded Palestine Action in 2020 alongside Richard Barnard, a former Extinction Rebellion member.
Writing in April, Ammori explained the group’s structure was deliberately designed to outwit the authorities.
‘By being security-conscious and working in small groups, we can make it difficult for the authorities to respond to individual actions,’ she said.
She claims the group has flourished despite arrests, and insists they are prepared for further government crackdowns.
At the end of the call, recruits were asked to accept an ‘actions agreement’, which stated: ‘Each individual takes part in the movement from their own free will. We encourage all to join but we do not pressure people into doing things that make them uncomfortable.’
Conservative justice spokesperson Robert Jenrick previously warned ‘ruthless Islamist extremists are in control’ at Britain’s high security jails
Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi (pictured) left three prison officers ‘millimetres’ from death after attacking them with makeshift weapons and hot cooking oil at HMP Frankland in County Durham in April
The boastful revelation that Palestine Action is spreading ‘intifada’ in Britain comes just months after Conservative justice spokesman Robert Jenrick warned ‘ruthless Islamist extremists are in control’ inside Britain’s high security jails.
He spoke out after Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi, 28, left three prison officers ‘millimetres’ from death after attacking them with makeshift weapons and hot cooking oil at HMP Frankland in County Durham in April.
Two officers were also left with life-threatening injuries.
Writing in the Daily Mail, Mr Jenrick said the appalling attack must be a ‘turning point’.
He also warned that in Britain’s high-security jails ‘all too often, the ruthless Islamist extremists are in control, with prison officers left fearing for their lives’.
Prisons are ‘no longer places of punishment, but of appeasement’, he said, accusing officials of prioritising the ‘welfare of wicked individuals’ ahead of prison staff.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman previously told MailOnline: ‘The UK’s defence estate is vital to our national security and this government will not tolerate those who put that security at risk.
‘This Government is taking the strong step of proscribing Palestine Action due to its activities, which are a threat to our national security.’