London: British police said on Sunday they had arrested almost 900 people at a demonstration the previous day in support of Palestine Action, and the UK government appealed for people to stop demonstrating in support of the banned campaign group.

Britain designated Palestine Action a terrorist group under anti-terrorism legislation in July after some of its members broke into a Royal Air Force base and caused an estimated $14 million of damage to military planes.

That followed vandalism and incidents targeting defence firms in Britain with links to Israel. The group accuses Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government of complicity in what it says are Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

Posting on X, Labour MP Richard Burgon described the arrests as “a total disgrace. It’s exactly why I voted agai

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