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Esta nota, publicada originalmente en Common Dreams el 19 de mayo de 2026 y compartida bajo licencia Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), informa sobre sanciones impuestas por el Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos contra cuatro activistas vinculados a las recientes flotillas humanitarias que intentaron llegar a Gaza.

Imagen: El secretario del Tesoro de EE. UU., Scott Bessent, testifica ante el Comité del Senado sobre Banca, Vivienda y Asuntos Urbanos en el Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., el 5 de febrero de 2026 (foto: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images).

Mediante un comunicado, la Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros (OFAC) informó que tomó medidas contra cuatro personas “asociadas con la flotilla pro‐Hamas organizada por la Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA)”, grupo que EE. UU. ha designado como tal. El secretario del Tesoro, Scott Bessent, declaró que la medida forma parte de los esfuerzos por “desarticular las redes financieras globales de Hamás”.

Personas sancionadas (según el Tesoro) y sus roles:
– Saif Abu Keshek: palestino con ciudadanía española y sueca, líder de la PCPA y organizador de misiones de la Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF).
– Hisham Abdallah Sulayman Abu Mahfuz: presidente de la PCPA, con base en Jordania.
– Mohammed Khatib: residente en Bélgica, coordinador europeo de Samidoun, la Red de Solidaridad con los Presos Palestinos.
– Jaldia Abubakra Aueda: coordinadora de Samidoun en Madrid.

Las sanciones implican el congelamiento de posibles activos en EE. UU. y prohíben a ciudadanos y empresas estadounidenses hacer negocios con las personas designadas. Organizaciones y activistas palestinos rechazaron las medidas. Samidoun calificó las sanciones como una continuación de lo que definió como “una guerra genocida” contra el pueblo palestino y señaló las interceptaciones y detenciones de barcos de la flotilla por parte de las fuerzas israelíes.

No hay pruebas públicamente verificadas que establezcan un vínculo directo entre las flotillas y Hamás, según el artículo. Al mismo tiempo, diversos organismos internacionales, gobiernos y organizaciones de derechos humanos han denunciado graves violaciones en Gaza, y algunos han utilizado términos como genocidio, apartheid, ocupación o limpieza étnica para describir la situación, según distintas investigaciones y reportes citados por la nota.

Contexto más amplio citado:
– Desde el 7 de octubre de 2023, las administraciones de EE. UU. (Biden y Trump, según el texto) han brindado apoyo militar y diplomático a Israel, incluyendo vetos en el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU; el artículo recoge estimaciones de asistencia financiera estadounidense a Israel desde 1948 por un monto cercano a 300.000 millones de dólares ajustados por inflación.
– La administración Trump ha sancionado a figuras y entidades vinculadas a procesos internacionales, entre ellas el fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) y juristas del tribunal, tras la emisión de órdenes de arresto contra funcionarios israelíes por presuntos crímenes. El artículo también menciona sanciones impuestas a la experta independiente de la ONU Francesca Albanese, una medida que un tribunal federal bloqueó temporalmente al considerar que su trabajo consistía principalmente en hablar públicamente.
– Críticas de defensores de derechos civiles y académicos sobre medidas que, según ellos, restringen la libertad de expresión, asociación y actividad estudiantil pro‐palestina. Una representante de la organización Democracy for the Arab World Now expresó preocupación porque la etiqueta de “terrorismo” se utiliza para frenar la organización internacional de la diáspora palestina.

La nota recoge tanto las declaraciones oficiales del Tesoro como las reacciones de grupos y activistas, y sitúa las sanciones en un contexto de tensiones diplomáticas y legales internacionales relacionadas con el conflicto entre Israel y Palestina. (more…)

This article first appeared at Common Dreams on May 19, 2026 and is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license.

Palestine supporters criticized the Trump administration’s announcement that the United States has imposed sanctions on four nonviolent activists who helped organize recent humanitarian flotillas attempting to reach Gaza.

The US Department of the Treasury said its Office of Foreign Assets Control is taking action against four people it links to a flotilla organized by the US-designated Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA), which the department says is trying to access Gaza in support of Hamas.

The individuals named in the Treasury announcement are Saif Abu Keshek, a Palestinian with Spanish and Swedish citizenship and a PCPA leader who helped organize the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF); Hisham Abdallah Sulayman Abu Mahfuz, who serves as PCPA president and is based in Jordan; Mohammed Khatib, a Belgium-based European coordinator for Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network; and Jaldia Abubakra Aueda, Samidoun’s coordinator in Madrid.

A critic described these measures as further use of US influence over international banking, finance, and technology to support Israel and noted they follow earlier sanctions on Palestinian groups and some individuals, including UN experts and officials such as Francesca Albanese

— Maureen Murphy (@maureenclarem) May 19, 2026

“The pro-terror flotilla attempting to reach Gaza is a ludicrous attempt to undermine President [Donald] Trump’s successful progress toward lasting peace in the region,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. He added that Treasury will continue efforts to disrupt what it describes as Hamas’ global financial support networks.

There is no publicly verified evidence that the humanitarian flotillas are linked to Hamas. At the same time, United Nations experts, many national governments, and numerous human rights organizations have accused Israel of committing serious violations against Palestinians, using terms such as genocide, apartheid, colonization, occupation, and ethnic cleansing.

Samidoun said the US sanctions—which freeze any US-based assets of the designated individuals and prohibit Americans from doing business with them—represent a further attack on Palestinians and pointed to Israel’s reported interception and seizure of GSF vessels at sea.

“Today’s sanctions by the US come hand-in-hand with today’s Israeli piracy of the Global Sumud Flotilla and the Freedom Flotilla, and the abduction of hundreds of international activists at sea,” the group said in a statement, arguing that such measures target Palestinian organizations and individuals.

Since the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, successive US administrations have provided Israel with tens of billions of dollars in military aid and diplomatic backing, including vetoes of multiple United Nations Security Council ceasefire resolutions. Estimates put total US financial assistance to Israel since 1948—adjusted for inflation—at roughly $300 billion.

Since returning to office, President Trump has intensified actions against pro-Palestinian activists, students, organizations, and some foreign nationals. Critics, including advocacy groups, academics, and some judges, have argued these actions threaten free speech, association, and academic freedom.

The administration has also imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court officials, including Prosecutor Karim Khan, after the Hague-based tribunal issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The ICC also issued warrants for three Hamas leaders who were later killed in Israeli operations.

On Tuesday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the ICC is pursuing his arrest and said he would “fight back,” including by ordering actions that he described as the removal of Palestinians from their homes in parts of the occupied West Bank.

The US also imposed sanctions on UN independent expert Francesca Albanese and members of her family; a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of those sanctions earlier this month, finding that the Italian analyst had, in the judge’s view, done no more than speak publicly.

“Every time Palestinians and their supporters organize internationally, Washington reaches for the terrorism label to shut them down,” Isabelle Hayslip, advocacy manager at Democracy for the Arab World Now, told Al Jazeera. She said the effect is that Palestinian diaspora communities increasingly face the threat of designation for publicly demanding their rights.

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