UK police arrest Palestine Action supporters ahead of Supreme Court hearing

Source: Al-Monitor 31 October 2026, 17:30

British police on Saturday arrested at least 139 Palestine Action supporters, who protested in London and Edinburgh days ahead of a court appeal over the government's contentious ban of the group. London's Metropolitan Police began detaining people shortly after hundreds started a lunchtime "mass action" outside the US Embassy, an AFP reporter witnessed. The force said in an evening update that officers were…