http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/921dcb655a193501 https://verfassungsblog.de/palestine-action-judgment-high-court/ Soft Law in Hard Times - Banning Palestine Action and the Dangers of Executive Discretion Greene, Alan eng 2026-02-17 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 anti-terrorism Freedom of Speech Israel-Hamas War Palestine Palestine Action Protest Right to Protest Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Seasoned court watchers were no doubt surprised by the English High Court’s decision to overturn the British Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action. For anybody even casually familiar with British courts’ approach to national security-related matters, the odds of success were not good. The judgment is certainly not a slam-dunk victory for Palestine Action and it is replete with extensive discussion condemning the actions of the group. And yet despite these admonishments, the judgment intimates at wider concerns as to the role of counter-terrorism legislation in liberal democracies