{
  "id": 3563578,
  "title": "US designates Palestine Action activist group 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/us-designates-palestine-action-activist-group-specially-designated-3563578",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T18:29:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-designates-palestine-action-activist-group-specially-designated"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Trump administration has labeled the UK activist group Palestine Action as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), as part of its campaign against alleged violent far-left terrorist organizations. This designation occurred a year after the UK banned the group for causing damage at weapons factories operated by Elbit Systems, a major supplier of weaponry to the Israeli military. The Israeli military has been accused of conducting a genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip, a claim supported by the United Nations and Holocaust scholars. In response to this decision, protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2025, wearing masks to avoid retaliation, to demonstrate against the siege on Gaza.",
  "summary": "US designates Palestine Action activist group 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' The Trump administration has designated the UK activist group Palestine Action a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), as part of its efforts to go after what it described as \"violent far-left terror networks\". Wednesday's decision comes a year after the United Kingdom banned the group for damaging…",
  "key_points": [
    "US designates Palestine Action as Specially Designated Global Terrorist",
    "UK banned group for damaging Elbit Systems' weaponry factories",
    "Protesters outside Israeli Embassy in DC on August 9, 2025"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}