(JTA) — Prominent Jewish groups in Canada have called on its government to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist entity after the activist group published a “target map” identifying locations across Canada, Europe and the United States as possible targets for “direct action.”

Palestine Action’s “target map” is available to the public online and lists hundreds of addresses of companies and homes across the globe linked to Elbit Systems, an Israeli-based military technology company. Each location also includes a link to the group’s “underground manual,” which instructs viewers to create “cells” and “disrupt [sic], damage or destroy” targets by breaking into them, blocking pipes, or vandalizing them with spray paint.

The manual also offers instructions on how to evade law enforcement and destroy evidence of vandalism.

“The manual offers operational guidance for terroristic anarchy,” Richard Robertson, B’nai Brith Canada’s director of research and advocacy, said in a statement. “By promoting this manual and identifying specific targets, Palestine Action is inciting its followers to commit criminal acts in furtherance of its radical ideology.”

The calls to proscribe Palestine Action in Canada come as a related group, Palestine Action-UK, was banned by the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act in July after its activists broke into a Royal Air Force base and spray-painted two planes to protest Britain’s support for Israel.

On Tuesday, four British Palestine Action members were........

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