Senate Democrats Demand U.S. Stop Funding Deadly Aid Sites In Gaza
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The Israeli- and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been widely condemned for weaponizing food aid against starving Palestinians.
More than 20 Democratic senators are calling for the Trump administration to stop financially supporting the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a shadowy private group that has faced international condemnation for weaponizing food aid by carrying out daily massacres against starving Palestinians.
Led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the Democrats sent a letter on Sunday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio citing “grave concerns” with the lack of transparency around GHF’s funding and operations, as well as the many reports, videos and testimonies documenting the daily chaos and violence at the group’s militarized aid sites.
“Blurring the lines between delivery of aid and security operations shatters well-established norms that have governed distribution of humanitarian aid since the ratification of the Geneva Convention in 1949,” the letter states. “We urge you to immediately cease all U.S. funding for GHF and resume support for the existing UN-led aid coordination mechanisms with enhanced oversight to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches civilians in need.”
A spokesperson for the State Department declined to comment on the letter to HuffPost.
Among the senators’ demands is for increased transparency surrounding a $30 million pledge the State Department made to GHF last month under a “priority directive” that lets the Trump administration exempt the group from an audit normally required for those receiving grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the first time.
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