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US issues sanctions against UK-based direct action group Palestine Action
US labels group ‘global terrorist’ as Palestine Action challenge against proscription in UK nears supreme court hearing The US has issued sanctions against the UK-based direct action organisation Palestine Action, describing it as a “transnational terror group”. The US Department of the Treasury labelled Palestine Action a specially designated global…
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- Why it matters
- The designation triggers asset freezes and bans on US financial dealings with the group and anyone funding it, and complicates its ongoing UK legal challenge against being proscribed as a terrorist organization.
- Most affected
- Palestine Action members and supporters — US assets frozen; cannot receive funds from US sources or entities.
- Likely next
- Whether Palestine Action's UK legal challenge against proscription reaches the Supreme Court hearing as planned and what the court decides.
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