Palestine Action are not terrorists. Israel is | Israel-Palestine conflict

The generation that marched in record numbers against the Iraq war learned one thing clearly: respectable protest alone does not work. On the issue of Palestine, too, the power elite has repeatedly ignored the popular will. The media pays little attention to hundreds of thousands marching, and the government remains unmoved despite public polls showing a majority support for an arms embargo on Israel.

This democratic deficit in Britain makes direct action seem the only powerful way to oppose…