A woman who wore clothes resembling those of Holocaust concentration camp prisoners at a Palestine Action protest has been questioned by the Metropolitan Police, the force has said.

Images of the protester, whose identity the police have not disclosed, circulated on social media, showing the woman dressed in striped clothes, hat and face mask.

Yellow symbols depicting the crescent moon and star of Islam were sewn on to the shirt and hat, and the protester held a sign with the hashtag “We Are All Palestine Action”.

The Met Police said in a post on X that the woman was questioned on Friday.

“Images were shared this week showing a woman at protests wearing clothing imitating that worn by those held in concentration camps during the Holocaust,” they said.

UPDATE: Images were shared this week showing a woman at protests wearing clothing imitating that worn by those held in concentration camps during the Holocaust.

This afternoon she was interviewed under caution at a central London police station.

Our investigation continues. — Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 27, 2025

“This afternoon she was interviewed under caution at a central London police station.

“Our investigation continues.”

Alex Hearn, co-director of Labour Against Antisemitism (LAAS), described the outfit as “a blatant act of antisemitism” and criticised Met Police officers who oversaw the demonstration for failing to take immediate action.

“This was a blatant act of antisemitism that has caused distress and upset to many people in the Jewish community in Britain,” Mr Hearn said.

“The Holocaust is not a costume.

“We are glad that the police are now taking action but the question remains why police officers at this protest and outside Parliament did not act on the spot.”

Mr Hearn added: “Time and again these so-called protesters display racist hatred and contempt for Jews in front of police officers, but it is only when the Jewish community publicly calls this out and demands action that the police engage.”

The Metropolitan Police have declined to answer further questions.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Monday that she has decided to proscribe Palestine Action and will lay an order before Parliament next week which, if passed, will make membership and support for the protest group illegal.

Belonging to or expressing support for a proscribed organisation, along with a number of other actions, are criminal offences carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

The decision comes after the group posted footage online showing two people inside the base at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

The clip shows one person riding an electric scooter up to an Airbus Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker and appearing to spray paint into its jet engine.

On Monday, a march took place in support of Palestine Action in central London, during which clashes between the police and some protesters led to 13 arrests for alleged offences including assaulting an emergency worker, obstructing a constable and breaching Public Order Act conditions, the Metropolitan Police previously said.

Palestine Action has staged a series of demonstrations in recent months, including spraying the London offices of Allianz Insurance with red paint over its alleged links to Israeli defence company Elbit, and vandalising US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

A woman who wore an outfit resembling a Holocaust concentration camp prisoner at a Palestine Action protest has been questioned by police.

Images of the protester, whose identity the Metropolitan Police have not disclosed, circulated on social media, showing the woman dressed in striped clothes, hat and face mask.

Yellow symbols depicting the crescent moon and star of Islam were sewn onto the shirt and hat as the protester held a sign with the hashtag “We Are All Palestine Action”.

In a social media post, Met Police said the woman was questioned on Friday.

“Images were shared this week showing a woman at protests wearing clothing imitating that worn by those held in concentration camps during the Holocaust,” the post on X said.

“This afternoon she was interviewed under caution at a central London police station.

“Our investigation continues.”

UPDATE: Images were shared this week showing a woman at protests wearing clothing imitating that worn by those held in concentration camps during the Holocaust.

This afternoon she was interviewed under caution at a central London police station.

Our investigation continues. — Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 27, 2025

Alex Hearn, co-director of Labour Against Antisemitism (LAAS), described the outfit as “a blatant act of antisemitism” and criticised Met Police officers who oversaw the demonstration for failing to take immediate action.

“This was a blatant act of antisemitism that has caused distress and upset to many people in the Jewish community in Britain,” Mr Hearn said.

“The Holocaust is not a costume.

“We are glad that the police are now taking action but the question remains why police officers at this protest and outside Parliament did not act on the spot.”

Mr Hearn added: “Time and again these so-called protesters display racist hatred and contempt for Jews in front of police officers, but it is only when the Jewish community publicly calls this out and demands action that the police engage.”

The Met Police said in a post on X that the woman was questioned on Friday (PA Archive)

The Metropolitan Police have declined to answer further questions.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Monday that she has decided to proscribe Palestine Action and will lay an order before Parliament next week which, if passed, will make membership and support for the protest group illegal.

Belonging to or expressing support for a proscribed organisation, along with a number of other actions, are criminal offences carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

The decision comes after the group posted footage online showing two people inside the base at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

The clip shows one person riding an electric scooter up to an Airbus Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker and appearing to spray paint into its jet engine.

On Monday, a march took place in support of Palestine Action in central London, during which clashes between the police and some protesters led to 13 arrests for alleged offences including assaulting an emergency worker, obstructing a constable and breaching Public Order Act conditions, the Metropolitan Police previously said.

Palestine Action has staged a series of demonstrations in recent months, including spraying the London offices of Allianz Insurance with red paint over its alleged links to Israeli defence company Elbit, and vandalising US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

THE number of people charged as part of investigations into a suspected Scottish gang war has hit 50, police have said.

Officers said on Friday that an 18-year-old man is the latest person to be arrested and charged in connection with Operation Portaledge, the ongoing investigation into violent incidents in the east and west of the country.

The spate of violent incidents, including shootings, firebombings and assaults, began in Edinburgh and the east of Scotland in March, but spread to the Glasgow region in April and May.

The 18-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with alleged wilful fire-raisings at three properties in Edinburgh – on Pitcairn Grove, Prestonfield Crescent and Niddrie Marischal Crescent – on Thursday April 17, police said.

He is expected to appear in court in due course.

Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell announced the 49th arrest in Operation Portaledge on Thursday, during a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority in Edinburgh.

Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell (Image: Andrew Milligan) She said: “The support of our communities is essential when it comes to tackling serious and organised crime, preventing violence and getting justice for victims, and I want to thank the public for their assistance so far and encourage anyone else with information to come forward.”

In her report for the SPA, the chief constable also reiterated that Scottish police believe there is nothing to suggest that the deaths of two men in Spain are linked to recent incidents in Scotland.

The two men, understood to be Eddie Lyons Junior and Ross Monaghan, died after a gunman opened fire outside Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola, Malaga, on May 31.

The chief constable’s report states: “Police Scotland is supporting Spanish police following the fatal shootings in Fuengirola.

“At this time, there is no evidence to suggest these deaths are linked to the recent criminal attacks in Scotland being investigated as part of Operation Portaledge or that the shooting was planned within Scotland.”

A man has been arrested in Liverpool in connection with the deaths in Malaga.

The 44-year-old man appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Saturday June 14 and has been remanded in custody, police said.

The arrests come after the UK government said it would proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror laws.

UK police have arrested four people in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest last week, in which military planes were vandalised at an airbase in England in an action claimed by the Palestine Action group.

Two activists from Palestine Action broke into the Royal Air Force base in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, on June 20, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refuelling and transport.

A woman, 29, and two men aged 36 and 24, were arrested on Friday on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of “terrorism”, while another woman, 41, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, according to a statement by Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE).

The four arrests were made in London and Berkshire, in southeastern England, it said.

Palestine Action condemned the arrests, accusing the government of being “in the pocket of the weapons companies arming Israel’s war crimes”.

It accused authorities of “cracking down on non-violent protests which disrupt the flow of arms to Israel during its genocide in Palestine”.

The group posted footage online last Friday showing people inside the base, with one person appearing to ride an electric scooter up to an Airbus Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker, before spraying paint into its jet engine.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the act as “disgraceful”.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper made the decision to proscribe Palestine Action following the incident, with the arrests coming just one week before the ban is set to come into force. If parliament approves the proscription, support for the group would become a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

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Cooper has said its methods have become “more aggressive”, with its members showing a “willingness to use violence” and that “such incidents do not represent legitimate or peaceful protest”.

“Proscribing Palestine Action is a political gesture to satisfy pro-Israel groups and arms companies who have been lobbying for us to be banned because we’re hitting their profits and having a real impact on Israel’s war machine,” said one of its spokespeople on X. The group also said the move was an attack on free speech and an “unhinged reaction”.

The government also said last week that it was reviewing security across all British defence sites following the incident.

Palestine Action has staged other demonstrations, including spraying the London offices of Allianz Insurance with red paint and vandalising US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire, southern Scotland.

A MET Police officer scuffles with a protester during a rally in support of Palestine Action

Police made arrests following a break-in by Palestine Action activists, who filmed themselves damaging military aircraft. The group now faces a government ban.

UK counter terror police said on Friday they had made a string of arrests after activists from the soon-to-be banned campaign group Palestine Action broke into an air force base and damaged two planes.

Activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in southern England last week. A video released by the group showed two of them spraying a plane with red paint while roaming the base on scooters.

The incident prompted the government to announce on Monday that it would lay a draft order before parliament next week to ban the group under Britain’s Terrorism Act 2000.

A woman aged 29 and two men aged 36 and 24 had been arrested “on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism,” Counter Terrorism Policing South East said in a statement

A 41-year-old woman had also been held “on suspicion of assisting an offender,” it added.

Police said the arrests were in connection with the incident in the early hours of last Friday in which damage was caused to two aircraft at RAF Brize Norton.

The proposed ban will make it a criminal offence to belong to or support Palestine Action, punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Announcing the clamp-down, interior minister Yvette Cooper listed other attacks by Palestine Action at the Thales defence factory in Glasgow in 2022, and two last year against Instro Precision in Kent, southeast England, and Israel-based Elbit Systems in Bristol, in the country’s southwest.

“Such incidents do not represent legitimate or peaceful protest,” Cooper said.