Operation Incessantness
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Operation Incessantness is the name of a campaign by British counterterrorism police – using the Terrorism Act 2000 – to frighten those opposing Israel's genocide in Gaza, and the West’s collusion in it, into silence.[1]
War on independent journalism
According to Jonathan Cook:
- "There is precisely no reason for police to raid Winstanley's home or seize his electronic devices. The preposterous accusation of 'encouraging terrorism' clearly relates to his online work, which is fully in the public domain.
- "The British state wants to insinuate through the dawn raid and confiscation of his devices that he is somehow harbouring secret or classified information, or in illicit contact with terror groups, and that incriminating evidence will be forthcoming from searches of those devices.
- "It won’t. If there were any real suspicion that Winstanley had such information, the police would have arrested him rather making a public show of a 6 am raid and search they knew beforehand would turn up nothing.
- "It is about frightening those opposing Israel's genocide in Gaza, and the West’s collusion in it, into silence. If the British state is going after someone like Winstanley, you are supposed to conclude, they will surely soon come for me too.
- "Even the name of the 'counter-terrorism' raid is performative: 'Operation Incessantness'.
- "The message the state wants to send is that it will not rest till it has us all behind bars."[2]
Fascism is here now
On 18 October 2024, Craig Murray posted on X:
- Plainly there is a systematic effort to harass and eventually imprison long-term supporters of Palestine in the UK using the Terrorism Act 2000.
- @AsaWinstanley, @Richard_palact, @richimedhurst, @swilkinsonbc and myself @craigmurrayorg are only the better known ones.
- Under Keir Starmer this has been stepped up and is plainly systematic and centrally directed.
- Meantime the state continues to actively participate in the genocide, and public cheerleaders for genocide are protected.
- Fascism is here now, imposed in support of the Israel colonial settler project.[3]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Police escalate the British state's war on independent journalism | blog post | 17 October 2024 | Jonathan Cook | "This isn't about terrorism, except by the British state. Even the name of the 'counter-terrorism' raid is performative: 'Operation Incessantness'. The message the state wants to send is that it will not rest till it has us all behind bars." |
| Document:UK police raid home, seize devices of EI’s Asa Winstanley | Article | 17 October 2024 | Ali Abunimah | "On 17 October 2024, British counterterrorism police raided the home and seized several electronic devices belonging to The Electronic Intifada’s associate editor Asa Winstanley. The letter handed to Winstanley by police refers to the raid on his home as being part of 'Operation Incessantness', perhaps indicative of a broad and ongoing crackdown against critics of Israel’s British-backed crimes." |
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