Yasin Gungor
26 August 2026•Update: 26 August 2026
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday designated the British group Palestine Action as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the agency responsible for administering US economic sanctions, added the group to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN).
The designation was made pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886. Originally signed in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the legal authority targets US-designated terrorists and those providing financial, material or technological support to them. It allows for secondary sanctions against those providing support to the organization.
The US accused the group of supporting "numerous acts of terrorism since" its establishment.
Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori characterized the US decision as “beyond hypocritical.”
“As a Palestinian and Iraqi, the fact the country which destroyed both my homelands is calling me a terrorist, is beyond hypocritical,” Ammori said on US social media copany X, adding that US President Donald Trump represents the "antithesis" of Palestine Action’s values.
The US Treasury Department also sanctioned Masar Badil, including two of its senior leaders, which it alleged operates as a front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by US.
The moves came as a part of the Treasury Department’s "action against violent far-left terrorist networks," which also covered a sanction against Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based entity that the US said supplies services for Antifa.
“Far-left extremists, their fronts, and their enablers should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Founded in 2020, Palestine Action defines its mission as “ending global participation in Israel's genocidal and apartheid regime.”
The move follows a decision by the UK government in July 2025 to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act. That ban came after activists entered a Royal Air Force base and spray-painted two aircraft. The group also targeted Elbit Systems, an international defense electronics company with ties to the Israeli military.
