Palestine Action members have vowed to make the Government's ban on the group "unenforceable".
The organisation's founder, Huda Ammori's, appeal to delay the proscription of the group until a further hearing was rejected by Justice Chamberlain after she applied to the High Court to block the Government from proscribing it under the Terrorism Act until July 21.
The ban would make membership or inviting support of the group a criminal offence, carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
Chants deemed antisemitic were heard outside the Royal Courts of Justice, including “death to the IDF".
Palestine Action members have vowed to make the Government's ban on the group 'unenforceable'
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Protesters also set off flares, and minor scuffles broke out with police as the group pledged to continue fighting despite the proscription.
Abdullah Bourne, 39, a fundraising consultant from east London, said he would continue to support the group, even if it were proscribed.
He said: “Absolutely, with all of my heart. I am sure everyone here would also. No one is listening to us and the government is proscribing them.”
Corin Richeux, 57, a charity director from Islington, north London, condemned the Government’s “outrageous” decision, and claimed she would also continue protesting for Palestine Action.
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Protesters hold Palestinian flags during the demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice as Palestine Action launched a legal challenge against the government's decision to ban the activist group
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She said: “I’m very worried about the state of democracy in this country."
Palestine Action campaigners are preparing to take further court action in anattempt to blockthe Government from proscribing them as a terrorist organisation.
The challenge may be heard in the HIgh Court later this month.
The Home Office has opposed both the bid to delay the ban from becoming law, and the potential attempt to launch a legal challenge against the decision during a hearing on Friday.
Activists held up banners opposing the ban
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Lawyers for Ammori labelled the Government “authoritarian”, comparing the group members to the Suffragettes and anti-apartheid campaigners.
Raza Husain KC, representing Ammori, added: "This is the first time in our history that a direct action civil disobedience group, which does not advocate for violence, has been sought to be proscribed as terrorists."
Husain said Ammori “was inspired by the long tradition of direct action in this country."
The lawyer said she aimed to “put ourselves in the way of the military machine perpetrating genocide”.
Husain added: “We ask you, in the first instance, to suspend until July 21 what we say is an ill-considered, discriminatory and authoritarian abuse of statutory power which is alien to the basic tradition of the common law and is contrary to the Human Rights Act.”
Later he warned that proscription would not stop the group’s activities.
"There are hundreds if not thousands of protesters who will continue. There is an ‘I am Spartacus movement’, it will carry on."
Yvette Cooper had announced plans to ban the group, meaning the activists would join the likes of Islamic State, al-Qaida and National Action as classified as a terrorist group.
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