How Britain’s designation of Hamas and Palestine Action as ‘terrorist’ groups silences free speech – Mondoweiss

In the United Kingdom today, the line between political expression and criminal offense has never been more perilously thin. As witnessed through the lens of Palestine solidarity, the extent of Britain’s encroachment upon basic freedoms becomes painfully clear. 

The ongoing proscription of Hamas is being used as a blunt instrument to suppress, not acts of terrorism, but the articulation of political belief, emotional solidarity, and moral outrage. In doing so, the British state…