The United States designated Palestine Action on Wednesday as a terrorist group, as President \u200cDonald Trump’s administration seeks to crack down on left-wing groups in its counterterrorism efforts.<\/p>\n
The action comes after\u00a0US Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u00a0<\/a>last month told officials from more than 60 countries that Washington would\u00a0seek to refocus<\/a>\u00a0international counterterrorism efforts on what he \u200bcalled “far-left terror”. The conference sparked Democratic concerns that the Trump administration is politicizing counterterrorism efforts and diverting \u200bresources from other extremist threats.<\/p>\n Trump singled out the anti-fascist antifa movement on the campaign trail \u2060in 2024 and vowed to take action against left-wing groups he accuses of fomenting violence after the \u200bkilling of conservative activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk last year.<\/p>\n Economic tools<\/strong><\/p>\n “Far-left extremists, their fronts, and their enablers \u200bshould be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear,” Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n “Political terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut \u200bthe financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated.”<\/p>\n Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0Israeli lawmaker smashes Palestinian memorial in occupied West Bank<\/a><\/p>\n The US Treasury Department on Wednesday also \u200bimposed sanctions on an Italy-based entity it accused of supplying digital architecture, tools and services for antifa and other far-left groups.<\/p>\n