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Prosecutors in Scotland charged activists from the banned Palestine Action group with 'terrorism connections' after they damaged greens and painted slogans including 'Gaza is not 4 sale' at Donald Trump's Turnberry golf resort in Ayrshire last year. The case has drawn attention for treating property vandalism as terrorism-linked activity amid a wider crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism. The US Treasury Department has now designated Palestine Action as a transnational terrorist organization as part of sanctions targeting 'Violent Far-Left Terrorist Networks,' a move campaigners warn could expose UK-based activists linked to the group to surveillance and financial exclusion. The designation raises additional questions about the fate of more than 2,700 protesters arrested in Britain under the Terrorism Act for supporting the banned group.