Overview
- B’nai Brith Canada and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs asked the federal government to proscribe Palestine Action after the group posted a public target map and a sabotage manual, and Ottawa has not announced a decision.
- The online map lists hundreds of addresses tied to Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems, including homes and offices, and links to instructions to form cells, break into sites, block pipes, vandalize property, evade police, and destroy evidence.
- B’nai Brith’s Richard Robertson called the manual “operational guidance for terroristic anarchy,” and CIJA warned the guidance threatens national security and industry, citing a record 6,800 antisemitic incidents in Canada in 2025.
- In the United Kingdom, a related branch was banned under the Terrorism Act, and London’s High Court later found the proscription unlawful on free‑expression grounds during a government appeal that keeps the ban in place.
- British judges also recently convicted four Palestine Action members of criminal damage for a 2024 break‑in, and past mapping efforts in Boston in 2022 and New York City in 2023 drew backlash that now shapes security and policy debates.