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In a landmark trial, a barrister defends a Palestine Action activist by comparing her to the suffragettes, arguing her raid on an Israeli arms factory was a moral act of conscience.

A British courtroom has heard stirring arguments comparing a Palestine Action activist to the historic suffragettes, as the trial over a break-in at an Israeli defense firm reaches its climax.
Charlotte Head, 29, stands accused of aggravated burglary and violent disorder after she and five others allegedly stormed the Elbit Systems factory in Filton. Her defense barrister, Rajiv Menon KC, urged the jury to look beyond the "criminal damage" label and see the moral imperative behind the action, likening Head’s defiance to the women who fought for the right to vote a century ago.
Menon painted a picture of a "remarkable woman" driven not by malice, but by a desperate need to stop the manufacture of weapons used in Gaza. He argued that just as the suffragettes were once vilified as "feral and violent" by the establishment only to be vindicated by history, so too will activists like Head.
The trial has captivated activists globally. A guilty verdict could send a chilling message to protest movements, while an acquittal would be a legal earthquake for the UK’s defense industry.
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