For Britain’s Jewish community, the UK High Court’s ruling on Palestine Action is not an abstract constitutional debate. It raises a far more pressing question: Who protects minorities when intimidation falls short of terrorism?
The government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action was “disproportionate” and unlawful, the High Court ruled on Friday. It proposed that the order be overturned.
Specifically, it found that the ban breaches Article 10 of the Human Rights Act, concerning freedom of expression.
The judges decided that while the anti-Israel protest group had engaged in “criminality,” not enough of its actions amounted to terrorism.
The court did not deny that…