We Believe in Israel (WBII) is proud to report that—working in coordination with our partners, The Shield of David, the Forum for Foreign Relations, and Stop The Hate UK—our joint advocacy has brought us to the threshold of a significant national security decision: the likely proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act.

After months of research, public education, and direct engagement with policymakers, we believe a critical shift has taken place—a moment in which democratic governments are prepared, finally, to name this threat for what it is.

In the moral fog that has settled over many of Europe’s democracies, clarity is rare. But now, at last, a line appears to have been drawn.

Palestine Action—an organisation that has styled itself as a direct-action movement—has, in fact, repeatedly crossed the boundaries of legality, morality, and civic decency. Its latest act—storming RAF Brize Norton and attacking military aircraft with paint and crowbars—was not protest. It was not conscience. It was sabotage: an attack on Britain’s sovereignty, its defence infrastructure, and its foundational alliances.

If the government now moves to proscribe Palestine Action, it will be a decision rooted in principle, not politics. It will recognise that this group does not speak for human rights. It speaks for ideology in the service of destruction.

To proscribe is to speak clearly. It is to say: this is no longer protected dissent—this is extremism.

At WBII, we have long maintained that Palestine Action is not a humanitarian movement. It is fuelled by hostility—towards Jews, towards Israel, and towards the liberal democratic order that underpins both. Its activists have threatened workers, glorified Hamas, vandalised public and private property, and adopted the language of liberation to justify acts of calculated aggression.

We have provided Parliament and civil society with detailed briefings. Our policy papers have documented the group’s use of terrorist symbology, its dangerous flirtation with incitement, and its alignment with hostile foreign narratives.

If the proscription comes, it will be because the facts have become unavoidable.

But the truth is this: Palestine Action is not the whole threat. It is only the visible tip of something darker.

Behind the slogans and paint lies the guiding hand of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—the ideological engine of the Iranian regime. The IRGC funds, trains, and directs global networks of radicalisation. It sustains Hamas and Hezbollah. It engineers cyber warfare. And it extends its influence not just across the Middle East, but into European capitals—including our own.

As outlined in our research, the IRGC has:

• Targeted UK parliamentarians with cyberattacks and intimidation;
• Harassed Iranian dissidents living in exile in Britain;
• Amplified anti-Israel messaging through proxy groups;
• And mirrored its rhetoric in movements such as Palestine Action.

This is no coincidence. It is orchestration.

Palestine Action is the mask. The IRGC is the face.

Should the UK government now take the necessary step of proscribing Palestine Action, it must also begin a broader reckoning—one that culminates in the full proscription of the IRGC as a terrorist entity, in line with the United States, Canada, and others.

This must include its:

• Name and symbols;
• Front organisations;
• Funding arms;
• And ideological networks operating in London, Manchester, Birmingham and beyond.

To stop at Palestine Action would be to address the saboteur while ignoring the architect.

This moment—if confirmed—will mark a victory. Not for any one organisation, but for the rule of law, for the integrity of protest, and for the protection of our democratic society from ideologically driven violence.

We are proud of the role WBII and its partners have played in reaching this inflection point. We will remain at the forefront of efforts to ensure that Britain confronts extremism not with slogans, but with action.

The line is being drawn. Let it hold.