Members of the public who support Palestine Action, which Britain named a terrorist group, protest in August 2025 in Parliament Square in London. The United States has now also classified the group as a terrorist organization and issued sanctions Wednesday. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury issued sanctions Wednesday against British-based direct action group Palestine Action and two other organizations it called "violent far-left terrorist networks."
The treasury declared Palestine Action a "specially designated global terrorist," meaning that it can freeze the group's assets, including bank accounts and property. The sanctions also prohibit people from giving funds, goods or services to the organization.
"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 Scott Bessent, secretary of the treasury. "Political terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated."
In response, Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action, said the group's activities in the United States and other countries "have always been about saving lives by disrupting the Israeli war machine, which is committing a genocide in Gaza with the support of the U.S. government," The Guardian reported.
