CAMPAIGNERS are escalating their defiance of the proscription of Palestine Action by publishing videos professing membership of the group, risking jail sentences of up to 14 years.

Defend Our Juries said today it was stepping up its actions from holding placards reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action,” which has already led to more than 3,400 arrests under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act.

A spokesperson for the group said the government and courts had “made rods for their own backs,” adding: “The Lift the Ban campaign is not about trying to fill the prisons or break the courts.

“It’s about Britain being full of decent people who refuse to accept their government supporting the genocide of the Palestinian people, which is the crime of crimes.”

The spokesperson said the campaign had seen “an overwhelming response” since launching its new phase following the High Court’s ruling upholding the ban on Monday.

“It’s true that this may end up filling the prisons and breaking the court,” they said.

“But that’s not the intention. It’s simply the consequence of Britain being full of compassionate and caring people who refuse to be bystanders to genocide.”

The campaign has seen regular mass arrests across Britain since July 2025, including of more than 500 people on a single day in April.

Ams, from London, one of those featured in a new video, said: “It remains absurd to arrest people under terrorism laws for expressing an opinion that is not hate speech or calling for violence.

“This is an authoritarian government that is doing its best to squash dissent and silence those that highlight their complicity in the genocide of the Palestinian people.”

Marji, a retired tax adviser and grandmother of seven, said: “[I] support the only people in the UK who have actually done something meaningful to directly challenge the Israeli weapons industry in the UK from making, exporting and using deadly weapons of mass destruction and genocide.

“I refuse to allow these terrible crimes against humanity to be carried out in my name.

“Nothing really bad in our past — such as slavery, child workers, women’s rights — has ever changed without direct action.”

Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori has said she intends to take the challenge against the proscription to the European Court of Human Rights if necessary.