20,000 signatures reached
To: UK Home Secretary - Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper- Proscribe the IDF
We, the undersigned, call on the UK Home Secretary to urgently proscribe the "Israel Defense Forces (IDF)" as a terrorist organisation, under the Terrorism Act 2000. We believe their actions meet this definition and that they pose a threat to the safety and security of innocent civilians.
Why is this important?
The "IDF" has repeatedly carried out large-scale, deliberate acts of violence against civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
It is our sincerely held belief that the atrocities and tactics used by the "Israel Defense Forces (IDF)" are designed to inflict terror and are consistent with the UK Definition of Terrorism (Terrorism Act 2000, Section 1)
It is our sincerely held belief that the atrocities and tactics used by the "Israel Defense Forces (IDF)" are designed to inflict terror and are consistent with the UK Definition of Terrorism (Terrorism Act 2000, Section 1)
We believe the "IDF" has met multiple criteria within this definition, and that its actions pose a threat to the safety & security of civilians.
The Terrorism Act 2000 explicitly states that acts of terrorism committed outside the UK still fall under its definition and can be grounds for proscription.
Section 1(4) of the Terrorism Act 2000 States:
"The actions falling within subsection (2) include actions outside the United Kingdom."
This means that the UK government can proscribe foreign organisations that commit terrorist acts abroad. Including in Palestine.
We are therefore gathering signatures as an act of protest against this terror, and attempts to criminalise those who protest against it. We would like to highlight the hypocrisy of branding non violent action against genocide, as "terrorism", whilst providing material support to what we believe are ACTUAL acts of terror, perpetrated daily by the "IDF"
And we call on the Home Secretary, (if she is truly intent on tackling terrorism and not simply using the term to suppress dissent), to proscribe the "IDF" as a terrorist entity, as laid out above.
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