Archive · 27 Aug 2026
US Designates Palestine Action Terrorist, Targets Two More Groups
The United States has labeled Palestine Action a terrorist organization.
It also labeled two other groups, Autistici/Inventati and Masar Badil, as terrorist organizations.
US officials accused the groups of supporting terrorism and called them violent far-left groups.
The United States imposed sanctions against Palestine Action.
The action was announced during Donald Trump’s second term.
Palestine Action was created in 2020 and is based in the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom has banned the group, and Palestine Action is challenging that ban.
Rights groups say the ban unfairly punishes people for expressing political disagreement.
Palestine Action says it wants to end international support for Israel’s policies toward Palestinians.
The United States designated UK-based Palestine Action as a specially designated global terrorist organization.
US officials accused Palestine Action of supporting an act of terrorism and imposed sanctions against it.
The United States also designated Italy-based Autistici/Inventati and pro-Palestinian Masar Badil.
The designations are part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on groups it calls far-left organizations.
Palestine Action is appealing a United Kingdom ban that rights groups say criminalizes dissent.
- Who
- The United States, Palestine Action, Autistici/Inventati, Masar Badil, US officials, and critics of the UK ban.
- What
- The United States designated three groups as terrorist organizations and imposed sanctions against Palestine Action.
- When
- Wednesday, during Donald Trump’s second term.
- Where
- The action was taken by the United States against groups based in the United Kingdom and Italy, as well as Masar Badil.
- Why
- US officials said the groups supported terrorism and described them as violent far-left organizations; critics say the UK ban on Palestine Action criminalizes dissent.
US Government Position
Critics and Palestine Action’s Position
Terrorism designations
US Government Position
US officials say Palestine Action, Autistici/Inventati, and Masar Badil support terrorism and are violent far-left terrorist groups.
Critics and Palestine Action’s Position
The article does not report a direct response from all three groups, but Palestine Action describes its purpose as opposing international participation in Israel’s policies toward Palestinians.
United Kingdom ban
US Government Position
The United Kingdom has banned Palestine Action, and the US action follows that designation.
Critics and Palestine Action’s Position
Rights groups have criticized the UK ban, saying it criminalizes dissent; Palestine Action is appealing it.
Crackdown on political groups
US Government Position
The Trump administration says it will use economic tools against groups it identifies as far-left terrorist organizations.
Critics and Palestine Action’s Position
Amnesty International has criticized crackdowns on dissent by the leaders of the United States, Israel, and Russia, describing them as part of a broader predatory order.
- US designation
- Palestine Action was named a specially designated global terrorist organization.
- Additional groups
- Autistici/Inventati, also known as the A/I Collective, and Masar Badil were also designated.
- Sanctions
- The United States imposed sanctions against Palestine Action.
- Palestine Action founded
- The group was established in 2020.
- United Kingdom ban
- Palestine Action has been banned by the United Kingdom and is appealing the decision.
- US officials
- State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott called the groups violent far-left terrorist groups; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US would target their financial lifelines.
- Group’s stated goal
- Palestine Action says it seeks to end global participation in what it calls Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime.