{"id":597316,"date":"2026-08-27T06:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/597316\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T06:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:20:08","slug":"us-imposes-sanctions-on-palestine-action-and-other-left-wing-groups-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/597316\/","title":{"rendered":"US imposes sanctions on Palestine Action and other left-wing groups | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States has imposed sanctions on the British activist group Palestine Action and the pro-Palestine international movement Masar Badil as the administration of President Donald Trump intensifies a global crackdown<\/a> on critics of Israel.<\/p>\n

The US Department of the Treasury also imposed financial penalties on Wednesday against Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based group that provides digital services to left-wing organisations, including pro-Palestine groups.<\/p>\n

Palestine Action, which has been locked in a legal battle with the United Kingdom after the British government proscribed it as a \u201cterrorist\u201d group, rejected the US sanctions.<\/p>\n

Palestine Action cofounder Huda Ammori linked the US measures to the UK designation and called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham<\/a> to reverse the ban on the group imposed by his predecessor Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that Trump is now taking inspiration from Britain\u2019s repression of the movement for Palestinian freedom exposes just how dangerous this ban is and should be a wake-up call to anyone who cares about free speech and civil liberties,\u201d Ammori told Al Jazeera in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy banning a direct action protest group under terrorism legislation for the first time in British history, Keir Starmer\u2019s Government has created a blueprint for authoritarian governments around the world to suppress political dissent, and to criminalise British citizens who travel or live abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UK civil rights group Defend Our Juries echoed Ammori\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve warned since July 2025 that Keir Starmer\u2019s unprecedented ban on Palestine Action would embolden autocrats and demagogues around the world. Today that warning has proved to be well-founded,\u201d it said. \u201cWhilst bowing down to the arms industry and Israel lobby, the UK government has encouraged Trump to escalate his domestic crackdown on civil liberties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palestine Action says it uses direct-action tactics, including vandalism, to end what it sees as complicity in Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza.<\/p>\n

While such protests could break the law, rights advocates have argued that the \u201cterrorism\u201d designation is disproportionate and risks chilling free speech.<\/p>\n

The UK has arrested thousands of people for showing support for Palestine Action since the group was proscribed last year.<\/p>\n

A British court revoked the designation in February, but the decision was overturned<\/a> on appeal in June.<\/p>\n

Palestine Action has continued to challenge the ban, taking the case to the UK Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration framed Wednesday\u2019s sanctions as part of a push against what it called \u201cfar-left terrorist groups\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cFar-left extremists, their fronts, and their enablers should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear,\u201d Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent<\/a> said in a statement. \u201cPolitical terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sanctions freeze the groups\u2019 assets in the US and make it generally illegal for American citizens to engage in financial transactions with them.<\/p>\n

But in a statement to Al Jazeera, Khaled Barakat, a member of Masar Badil\u2019s executive committee, pledged that his movement would continue its work despite the sanctions.<\/p>\n

It framed the economic penalties as \u201cpart and parcel of the ongoing genocidal war against the Palestinian people\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not be intimidated or silenced by this action, which once again highlights the criminal role of the U.S. in the ongoing genocide and the Zionist colonial project in Palestine,\u201d Barakat said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWashington does not grant us the legitimacy of our struggle, nor can it take that legitimacy away from us. We are committed to continuing on the path of justice for Palestine, towards return and liberation. No liberation movement has ever been defeated through sanctions and bans.\u201d<\/p>\n

The US has been relying on sanctions to punish supporters of Palestinian rights across the world. Last year, the Trump administration imposed penalties on United Nations rapporteur Francesca Albanese<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washington has also sanctioned<\/a> International Criminal Court officials, including the tribunal\u2019s president, Tomoko Akane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States has imposed sanctions on the British activist group Palestine Action and the pro-Palestine international movement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[54,63,85,46,44,43,1299,1032,1156],"class_list":["post-597316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-donald-trump","tag-europe","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-news","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}