Stripe has now confirmed that it cannot support accounts or transactions linked to Palestine Action, after UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) warned the US payments company that processing donations for the organisation would breach American counter-terrorism sanctions.

UKLFI wrote to Stripe’s Chief Legal Officer on 31 August 2026 after Palestine Action was designated by the US Treasury under Executive Order 13224. UKLFI pointed out that Palestine Action was continuing to solicit donations through a credit-card facility which appeared to be operated by Stripe.

UKLFI explained that property and interests in property belonging to a designated organisation which are within the United States, or in the possession or control of US persons, are generally blocked, and told Stripe that any Palestine Action funds it held must therefore be frozen and reported to the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

UKLFI also reminded Stripe that US sanctions prohibit transactions involving blocked persons and asked it to confirm that it would cease providing financial services to Palestine Action.

The following day, UKLFI discovered that the Stripe credit-card facility on Palestine Action’s own website had stopped working. At that stage, however, Stripe had not confirmed whether it had deliberately disabled the facility or whether its disappearance was connected with UKLFI’s intervention.

That position has now become clearer.

The Guardian reported on 2 October that CrowdJustice, the UK crowdfunding platform, had refused to host a fundraiser for Palestine Action’s legal challenge against its proscription because CrowdJustice uses Stripe to process payments.

According to an email seen by the Guardian, CrowdJustice said Stripe had confirmed that it could not support accounts or transactions connected with Palestine Action, including where money was being raised for legal proceedings.

The decision has prevented Palestine Action supporters from using CrowdJustice to raise funds for its forthcoming Supreme Court challenge to its proscription in the UK. The Guardian reported that a previous crowdfunding campaign for the litigation had raised more than £300,000 before the US sanctions were imposed.

A UKLFI spokesperson said:

“When UKLFI wrote to Stripe on 31 August, we pointed out that Palestine Action had been designated under US counter-terrorism sanctions and that Stripe, as a US company, could not simply continue providing it with financial services.

“Within a day, Palestine Action’s Stripe credit-card donation facility had stopped working. Stripe has now reportedly confirmed to CrowdJustice that it cannot support accounts or transactions linked to, or for the benefit of, Palestine Action — even where the money is intended to fund legal proceedings.

“This demonstrates the very real consequences of terrorist designation. Sanctions are intended to prevent designated organisations from accessing the financial system and raising or receiving funds through US persons and companies.”

Palestine Action was designated by the US Treasury on 26 August 2026 for having materially assisted, sponsored or provided financial, material or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, an act of terrorism.  Palestine Action was proscribed in the UK on 5 July 2025.

UKLFI’s earlier report on the disappearance of Palestine Action’s Stripe facility can be read here.