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Since October 7 2023, when Hamas killed 1,200 people at the Nova Music Festival in Israel, at least 43,552 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks, with many more buried under rubble or facing life-threatening conditions. As always, it’s important to note that Palestinians have been suffering for 107 years under Israeli oppression, as Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot highlighted at the TRT World Forum last year: “Israel’s oppression of Palestinians began when Britain promised our lands to others without consulting us, turning us, the Palestinian nation, into minorities.”

In response to the relentless violence, there have been 18 national protests organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, global boycotts against international complicity in Israel’s violations of international law, and hundreds of demonstrations across the UK, urging the government to halt arms shipments to Israel and push for a ceasefire. These actions have led to some key victories: In May, Cambridge University’s wealthiest college divested from arms companies supplying Israel after student protests. In June, SXSW ended its partnership with the US Army following artist-led boycotts, and a mass boycott of Pret-A-Manger led the company to cancel its plans to open 40 stores in Israel. Yet despite these wins, Palestinians continue to die, and for many, attending monthly protests no longer feels like enough.

This is where Palestine Action comes in. Founded in 2020, the group uses direct action to disrupt UK-based companies supplying weapons to Israel. In recent months, their actions led to the arrests of 10 young activists in August, now awaiting trial. Here’s a brief explainer on the Filton 10 and ways you can support them. 

The Filton 10 are activists, six aged between 21 and 30, who destroyed weapons intended for use in Gaza at a facility belonging to Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems, in Bristol. Elbit Systems, founded in 1966, is an Israeli military technology company and defence contractor supplying land-based equipment and drones to the Israeli military.

Six of the activists caused over £1 million in damages to Elbit Systems and were arrested on site in August. Four others were later arrested in counter-terrorism police raids, one of them at gunpoint.

Clare Rogers, the mother of Palestine Action political prisoner Zoë Rogers, explained on X why her 21-year-old daughter got involved with the protest network: “She was horrified by the genocide and went on all the marches. But she could see nothing was working. [That’s why] she decided on direct action.” She continued, “She would rather lose her liberty and her place in uni than hear of another child’s death in Gaza, having done nothing to stop it.”

The activists were initially detained for a week in solitary confinement under the Terrorism Act before being charged with non-terror offences, including aggravated burglary and criminal damage. They have since been remanded in prison and refused bail despite the charges being unrelated to terrorism. With their trial set for November 2025, they will spend 17 months in prison before it even begins.

The activists have faced severe restrictions, including being denied reading materials, religious practice, medical privacy, and limited communication with other prisoners. One of the group, Madeline Norman, was designated an escape risk without cause and subjected to sleep deprivation. On October 23, Norman was removed from the escape list following public pressure.

Norman, Rogers, Charlotte Head, Fatema Zainab (Ray) Rajwani, Hannah Davidson and Leona Kamio still face arbitrary non-association orders, meaning they can only have one visit for every six visits allowed to other remand prisoners. They also have reduced access to prison activities and restrictions on attending the same workshops.

As part of the Free Political Prisoners campaign, Palestine Action political prisoner Charlotte Head wrote to the Attorney General’s Office about their treatment and defended their actions: “What I did, I did to save human lives… My co-defendants and I have been unjustly held in counter-terror, denied bail, and demanded to endure over 16 months on remand because we could not sit idly and watch a massacre continue, a massacre armed with equipment made on British soil. I will neither beg nor plead for a change in our treatment. However, I will ask you to consider whether it aligns with your own beliefs and what your head, your heart and the law tell you is right.”

While Head stated that she would not beg for fair treatment, we should. Pressure on HMP Bronzefield led to Norman’s removal from the escape list, which could help remove the non-association orders placed on the detainees. Contact information to urge better treatment for the activists in prison can be found here.

The family members of the Filton 10 have also launched a petition addressed to Shabana Mahmood, Secretary of State for Justice; the Right Hon Lord Hermer KC, Attorney General; and Stephen Parkinson, Director of Public Prosecutions. The petition calls for an end to counter-terrorism measures against the Filton 10, their release on bail, and the full disclosure of any political or foreign interference in their policing and prosecution. You can sign the petition here.

Regular protests are also held in support of the activists. For more information on these demonstrations, follow Palestine Action on X.

Since October 7 2023, when Hamas killed 1,200 people at the Nova Music Festival in Israel, at least 43,552 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks, with many more buried under rubble or facing life-threatening conditions. As always, it’s important to note that Palestinians have been suffering for 107 years under Israeli oppression, as Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot highlighted at the TRT World Forum last year: “Israel’s oppression of Palestinians began when Britain promised our lands to others without consulting us, turning us, the Palestinian nation, into minorities.”

In response to the relentless violence, there have been 18 national protests organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, global boycotts against international complicity in Israel’s violations of international law, and hundreds of demonstrations across the UK, urging the government to halt arms shipments to Israel and push for a ceasefire. These actions have led to some key victories: In May, Cambridge University’s wealthiest college divested from arms companies supplying Israel after student protests. In June, SXSW ended its partnership with the US Army following artist-led boycotts, and a mass boycott of Pret-A-Manger led the company to cancel its plans to open 40 stores in Israel. Yet despite these wins, Palestinians continue to die, and for many, attending monthly protests no longer feels like enough.

This is where Palestine Action comes in. Founded in 2020, the group uses direct action to disrupt UK-based companies supplying weapons to Israel. In recent months, their actions led to the arrests of 10 young activists in August, now awaiting trial. Here’s a brief explainer on the Filton 10 and ways you can support them. 

The Filton 10 are activists, six aged between 21 and 30, who destroyed weapons intended for use in Gaza at a facility belonging to Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems, in Bristol. Elbit Systems, founded in 1966, is an Israeli military technology company and defence contractor supplying land-based equipment and drones to the Israeli military.

Six of the activists caused over £1 million in damages to Elbit Systems and were arrested on site in August. Four others were later arrested in counter-terrorism police raids, one of them at gunpoint.

Clare Rogers, the mother of Palestine Action political prisoner Zoë Rogers, explained on X why her 21-year-old daughter got involved with the protest network: “She was horrified by the genocide and went on all the marches. But she could see nothing was working. [That’s why] she decided on direct action.” She continued, “She would rather lose her liberty and her place in uni than hear of another child’s death in Gaza, having done nothing to stop it.”

The activists were initially detained for a week in solitary confinement under the Terrorism Act before being charged with non-terror offences, including aggravated burglary and criminal damage. They have since been remanded in prison and refused bail despite the charges being unrelated to terrorism. With their trial set for November 2025, they will spend 17 months in prison before it even begins.

The activists have faced severe restrictions, including being denied reading materials, religious practice, medical privacy, and limited communication with other prisoners. One of the group, Madeline Norman, was designated an escape risk without cause and subjected to sleep deprivation. On October 23, Norman was removed from the escape list following public pressure.

Norman, Rogers, Charlotte Head, Fatema Zainab (Ray) Rajwani, Hannah Davidson and Leona Kamio still face arbitrary non-association orders, meaning they can only have one visit for every six visits allowed to other remand prisoners. They also have reduced access to prison activities and restrictions on attending the same workshops.

As part of the Free Political Prisoners campaign, Palestine Action political prisoner Charlotte Head wrote to the Attorney General’s Office about their treatment and defended their actions: “What I did, I did to save human lives… My co-defendants and I have been unjustly held in counter-terror, denied bail, and demanded to endure over 16 months on remand because we could not sit idly and watch a massacre continue, a massacre armed with equipment made on British soil. I will neither beg nor plead for a change in our treatment. However, I will ask you to consider whether it aligns with your own beliefs and what your head, your heart and the law tell you is right.”

While Head stated that she would not beg for fair treatment, we should. Pressure on HMP Bronzefield led to Norman’s removal from the escape list, which could help remove the non-association orders placed on the detainees. Contact information to urge better treatment for the activists in prison can be found here.

The family members of the Filton 10 have also launched a petition addressed to Shabana Mahmood, Secretary of State for Justice; the Right Hon Lord Hermer KC, Attorney General; and Stephen Parkinson, Director of Public Prosecutions. The petition calls for an end to counter-terrorism measures against the Filton 10, their release on bail, and the full disclosure of any political or foreign interference in their policing and prosecution. You can sign the petition here.

Regular protests are also held in support of the activists. For more information on these demonstrations, follow Palestine Action on X.