The United States on Wednesday named the UK-based Palestine Action group, which has been banned by the British government, as a "specially designated global terrorist" organization.

Move to ban, sanction British anti-Israel group comes amid crackdown by Trump administration on what it calls 'far-left terror'; UK's own ban is subject to court battle

The Treasury Department blacklists the British-founded anti-Israel group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, expanding pressure after Britain banned Palestine Action as a…