By Matthew Levitt
In the wake of the Gaza war, few tasks are more critical than providing much-needed humanitarian support to the residents of Gaza without inadvertently empowering Hamas. Unfortunately, one of the primary vehicles the U.S. government intends to use to provide newly pledged aid, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is resisting efforts to implement a program to ensure that U.S. funds do not inadvertently support terrorism.
On Friday, the U.S. government announced that President Obama has authorized the use of $20.3 million to address critical post-conflict humanitarian needs in Gaza.
Under the system as it exists today, some or all of those funds could end up in Hamas coffers. Read more ...
In the wake of the Gaza war, few tasks are more critical than providing much-needed humanitarian support to the residents of Gaza without inadvertently empowering Hamas. Unfortunately, one of the primary vehicles the U.S. government intends to use to provide newly pledged aid, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is resisting efforts to implement a program to ensure that U.S. funds do not inadvertently support terrorism.
On Friday, the U.S. government announced that President Obama has authorized the use of $20.3 million to address critical post-conflict humanitarian needs in Gaza.
Under the system as it exists today, some or all of those funds could end up in Hamas coffers. Read more ...
Source: New York Daily News
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