OPINION: Palestine, Gaza, Right to ProtestIn the last couple of weeks, state harassment of the Palestine movement has turned into a cackhanded clampdown. In the last few months, the message of the marches has broken out beyond this massive movement into the mainstream. Faced with something approaching a crisis over Palestine, deeply authoritarian by instinct, the government has clearly decided to lash out. As even Alastair Campbell noted last week, the government’s Palestine policy has been much more of a problem for them than they realise. This kind of massive movement with society-wide support can stop the most authoritarian government.