Website for OFAC-Sanctioned PCPA Goes Offline Following Jewish Onliner Investigation
GoDaddy removes website for U.S.-designated Hamas-operated network PCPA, days after Jewish Onliner exposed that the platform was continuing to provide services to the organization
The website for the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA), an OFAC-designated Hamas-operated network, has been taken offline. According to the U.S. Treasury Department's OFAC designation, PCPA is a key organizer of flotillas aimed at breaching Israel's security cordon to enter Gaza. The organization operates under Hamas directives and was established and managed by operatives from Hamas's Bureau of International Relations. The palabroad.org domain, registered through U.S. registrar GoDaddy, is no longer accessible as of mid-February 2026.
The removal follows Jewish Onliner’s February 10 investigation documenting how major U.S.-based and international companies continued providing services for PCPA and its OFAC-designated operative Zaher Birawi despite the organization’s designation by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on January 21, 2026. The investigation specifically identified GoDaddy as the registrar for PCPA’s domain and noted that the company’s published terms require users to comply with applicable sanctions rules.
GoDaddy did not respond to Jewish Onliner’s requests for comment regarding its continued hosting of PCPA’s domain. The company’s decision to remove the website was not accompanied by a public statement.
The takedown represents the first documented removal of core digital infrastructure linked to the network. However, other platforms identified in the investigation continue to host PCPA-affiliated accounts and content. PCPA maintains an active X account with over 10,400 followers, and Zaher Birawi maintains a personal X account with over 6,000 followers and an active LinkedIn profile with 161 connections. PCPA also operates podcast channels on SoundCloud.
Additionally, fundraising infrastructure for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition—an organization which OFAC-designated official Zaher Birawi is a founding member of—continues to operate across PayPal, GoFundMe, Visa, and Mastercard payment systems, according to the investigation’s findings.
The website removal suggests compliance action by at least one service provider, though broader questions persist regarding enforcement across the ecosystem of platforms facilitating PCPA and affiliated network operations.