Campaigners believe Qesser Zuhrah, who is alleged to have participated in a raid linked to Palestine Action, was arrested over an Instagram post.<\/p>\n
London, United Kingdom \u2013 Qesser Zuhrah, a young pro-Palestine activist\u00a0who was released on bail last month<\/a>, has been arrested again.<\/p>\n In footage shared on social media, the 21-year-old is seen on Monday morning being handcuffed by masked police officers, taken from her home in Watford, near London, and placed into a car destined for prison.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n Lisa Minerva Luxx, a campaigner supporting Zuhrah, told Al Jazeera they believed she was arrested \u201cbecause of an Instagram story she posted, which allegedly encouraged people to take \u2018direct action\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n Herfordshire Police told Al Jazeera that a 21-year-old woman was arrested and remains in custody, without naming Zuhrah. They said she was \u201con suspicion\u201d of intentionally encouraging a crime and the \u201cencouragement of terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n Zuhrah, who was first detained in late 2024, is among a collective of defendants known as the \u201cFilton 24\u201d. They are alleged to have raided an Elbit Systems UK factory in Filton, near Bristol, on August 6, 2024 \u2013 an incident that was claimed by Palestine Action.<\/p>\n The direct action group\u2019s stated objective is to counter Israeli war crimes \u2013 and what it says is British complicity in them \u2013 by targeting weapons manufacturers and associated companies. Its main target is Elbit Systems, Israel\u2019s largest weapons manufacturer, which has several UK sites.<\/p>\n \u201cThe officers arresting Qesser at home [on Monday] covered their faces to avoid accountability in the same way ICE agents<\/a> have been seen doing in violent raids in the US,\u201d said campaigners supporting the Filton 24.<\/p>\n After the charge of aggravated burglary was dropped against all of the group, 23 of them were released on bail last month. Days earlier, the High Court had ruled that the UK\u2019s ban on Palestine Action as a \u201cterror\u201d group was unlawful.<\/p>\n But the ban remains in place, as the home secretary will challenge the High Court ruling in late April.<\/p>\n Zuhrah was released in February after spending 15 months on remand without a conviction.<\/p>\n