A British judge has concluded that the vandals tried to “influence the UK government” by ransacking an Israeli arms plant.
Four Palestine Action activists convicted of causing criminal damage to an Israeli arms plant in the UK have been sentenced as terrorists due to the blacklisting of their organisation. Dozens of the group’s supporters were arrested outside the courthouse as the verdicts were read out.
The defendants took part in a raid on an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in 2024. After ramming the gate with a decommissioned prison van, they destroyed computers, drones, and other equipment inside, causing around £1.2 million ($1.6 million) in damage.
Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Zainab Rajwani, 21, were found guilty of criminal damage last month, with Corner also convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a police officer with a sledgehammer.
Handing down the sentences on Saturday NZ Time, Mr. Justice Johnson said that due to the “terrorist connection” of the offenses, all four would receive harsh punishment. None of the four were charged with terror-related offenses, and by sentencing them as terrorists, Johnson set a new precedent in British law.
Palestine Action activists convicted in UK over raid on Israeli defense firm
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“I am sure that one of the purposes of your offending was to influence the United Kingdom government… and was for the purpose of advancing a political or ideological cause,” Johnson told the defendants during Friday’s hearing.
Head and Kamio were jailed for six years, Rajwani for five years and eight months, and Corner for eight years and eight months.
Palestine Action, a protest group whose members have vandalized British military equipment and Israeli-linked sites, was declared a proscribed organization by the British government last July. The decision placed Palestine Action in the same category as Al Qaeda and the IRA, and criminalized public displays of support for the organization.
As the sentences were handed down, several hundred Palestine Action supporters protested outside Woolwich Crown Court in London. Police arrested more than 100 demonstrators for holding signs and placards endorsing the group.
There’s been 107 arrests of Palestine Action supporters outside Woolwich Crown Court here today as protesters await the sentencing of four of the Filton 25 who took direct action against Elbit Systems. Judge today said there was a “terrorist connection”. pic.twitter.com/PiyVlKgOeA
— Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) June 12, 2026
The proscription was ruled unlawful by London’s High Court in February, although the designation remains in force pending a final judgment.
Israeli conpanies with direct operations in New Zealand include
CropX, an Israeli-based 30 mill agritech startup founded in NZ in 2023,,
BeeFree Agro, a drone-supported herd management technology in the country, tech used by the IsrahellDeathForce. Additionally, OurCrowd, israhell’s most active venture investor, partners with the NZ-based accelerator Sprout to support agrifoodtech startups.
Fonterra has maintained a joint venture with the israhell cooperative Tnuva since 2001.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, an israhell-owned shipping company, operates vessels in New Zealand ports, such as the MSC TANIA, which has been the subject of BDS protests.
$140 million of KiwiSaver and managed fund money is invested in companies linked to enabling israhell settlements i.e. land theft, and $60 million in companies linked to weapons, which are typically global firms with NZ fund exposure.
Boycott Targets: Activist groups like BDS NZ and PSNA list several retail companies as targets for boycott due to their israhell ownership or ties:
Nekt time you make a soda for your kids….SodaStream and Keter Products: Available at retailers like Countdown, The Warehouse, and Bunnings.
Ahava: A Dead Sea cosmetics brand manufactured in the West Bank with slave labour, sold at retailers like 4 Square and Bond & Bond.
Hewlett Packard (HP): Sold by JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman, and others. HP provides technology to the israhell death force.
Another shitty affiliation: Pampers, supplied by israhell company Avgol Nonwoven Industries.
Shameful, thanks for the heads up.
Don’t forget Mondolez, and Levi Strauss jeans, with Uni-Lever…
Don’t get me started on the kosher companies or Zionist-owned energy assets…
Considering most of these idiots have absolutely no idea what they are supposed to be supporting and in most cases thinking it’s cool waving a Palestinian flag and wearing a tea towel on their heads, they get criminal charges and lose freedom of international travel all in the name of ego.
wow, discerning input…I think u need to go back to the herald.
U sold ur soul?
Have just finished your Just Stop Oil Demo?
Oh dear, another advanced case of MSM-itis?
Israeli intellectual property and patent holding inventions, discoveries and technology out class all other cultures, ethnic groups and countries. I am not surprised NZ government invest and partner with Israel.
glad that u live in NZ and not Gaza, ay?
Why would you want to live in Gaza and suck Hammas ass or be shot? Seems you have no idea what goes down. I could not care less if Gaza fell below sea level and flooded forever.
Take the rest of occupied Palestine with it.
Because they have no choice, unlike you.
I’m sure the Israeli’s think they are “Gods chosen people”. I seem to remember another group who held similar views.
Wow, the callous pro-Israeli trolls are out in force. This must be a sensitive one for them, so its all hands to the keyboards, spewing poison.
Suffice to say, the UK is now legally a Zionist acolyte, just like Australia, which has followed a comparable trajectory.