The government claims the group’s attacks on military facilities crossed the line from criminal action into terrorism, but critics warn the ban will chill free speech.

Legislation to proscribe direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation has been supported by the Commons.

A slide in the call identified three RAF bases most suitable for attack: RAF Cranwell and RAF Barkston Heath, both in Lincolnshire, and RAF Valley, in Anglesey, North Wales. It also recommended action against defence companies believed to be supplying arms to Israel, including a drone factory in Leicester.