The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on the U.K.-based direct action group Palestine Action and two other organizations, designating them as “specially designated global terrorists.” Palestine Action’s members have broken into factories that produce arms for Israel’s military, where they sabotaged equipment. The U.S. sanctions follow a U.K. appeals court ruling last June that found the British government acted lawfully when it banned Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act. Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori responded in a statement, “The fact that Trump is now taking inspiration from Britain’s 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.”