There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. Everything is closed,
The reason that we haven’t had sufficient levels of humanitarian assistance throughout this entire period is in part there haven’t been consistent consequences for failing to meet those standards,
The Biden administration has repeatedly asked Israel to minimize civilian casualties and to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza,
There’s the diplomatic speak and there’s the real speak. It is some form of threat however you want to describe it,
Fateh al-Sharif was placed on administrative leave without pay in March and the Agency investigation was proceeding despite protests, which included the closing of UNRWA’s Lebanon field office for several months and ongoing threats against UNRWA staff."
USAID does not provide any funding to UNRWA, nor did we do so prior to October 7, 2023. In addition to extensive risk mitigation procedures, USAID works closely with the Government of Israel to assist with the coordination of and discuss potential risks to all humanitarian assistance entering Gaza. USAID has not received evidence from the Government of Israel, our partners, or other sources to support the claims in Senator Cotton’s letter."
In July, the USAID Inspector General identified multiple ‘shortcomings and vulnerabilities in its overnight mechanisms’ for Gaza aid, such as inadequate vetting of local partners, reliance on self-reporting of terrorist ties from partners, reliance on inadequate vetting by U.N. partners."
It has become very clear that not another dime of American taxpayer money should ever go to UNRWA again. All aid to Gaza should be paused immediately."
The United States ceased funding UNRWA in January immediately following knowledge of allegations that some UNRWA staff may have participated in the heinous October 7th attacks."
In all likelihood, the Biden-Harris administration has prolonged the Gaza war, allowed aid to flow to Israel’s enemies, and misused taxpayer funds."
While Biden isn’t on the ballot anymore, voters are certainly feeling his presence,
This man is weak, and he is unfit,
We have made clear that we are opposed to the campaign the way we've seen it conducted over the past weeks
We didn't think it was appropriate to send a letter and just say this has to happen overnight."
Israel must urgently do more to facilitate the flow of aid to those in need,
The Secretary encouraged the Government of Israel to continue taking steps to address the dire humanitarian situation, noting the recent action by Israel to increase the amount of humanitarian assistance entering Gaza,
Austin and Minister Gallant discussed the deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as an operational example of the United States' ironclad support to the defense of Israel,
You have to look no further to understand that than the really horrific results over the weekend,
We very much want to see changes not wait for 30 days, but happen immediately,
It appears to us that they (the Israelis) are taking this seriously,