Jury convicts four from Palestine Action over UK break-in

LONDON: A jury on Tuesday convicted four Palestine Action activists of criminal damage in 2024 at the UK premises of Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems, the first convictions in the protracted, high-profile case. The verdict against the activists follows a retrial, after a different jury in February cleared the four and another pair of aggravated burglary but failed to reach verdicts regarding criminal damage and several other charges against some of the six. The group were accused of breaking...