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US report: ‘Security requirements took precedence’ over efficiency in Gaza aid pier

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Although the U.S. agency tasked with coordinating the Gazan aid pier had pushed back on the idea, U.S. President Joe Biden announced in his March 7 State of the Union address to Congress that...

Samantha Power to visit Israel for Gaza aid talks

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Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, is set to visit Israel later this week for meetings on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Power’s trip will also include discussions with...
U.N. workers and empty trucks wait for the arrival of humanitarian aid at the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Oct. 21, 2023. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

Biden promised Gaza aid wouldn’t go to Hamas. He lied.

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A week after the horrors of Oct. 7, when the Biden administration first convinced Israel to open up the siege of Gaza and allow in international aid, it promised Hamas would not get it. “If...
UNRWA sacks filled with sand line a Hamas terror tunnel under Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. Credit: TPS.

Hamas used UNRWA and USAID sacks to build tunnels

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The discovery of U.N. and USAID sacks being used by Hamas to construct terror tunnels in Gaza raises new questions about the security of humanitarian aid falling into the hands of the Islamist group. Israeli...
Trucks with humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza arrive via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Nov. 2, 2023. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Biden administration to expand humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians

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Aboard Air Force One during a flight to Boston on Tuesday, U.S. deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton described how the federal government had organized a second flight to get assistance to Palestinian civilians in...
U.S. President Joe Biden signs a commission for Gina Raimondo as Secretary of Commerce, March 3, 2021. Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.

Biden administration to allocate $90 million in aid to Palestinians

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The Biden administration has allocated $90 million in aid to the Palestinians, with only a portion of the money being publicly announced, according to a report by the Associated Press. The United States announced last week that...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem, Feb. 15, 2016. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

Jewish group opposes USAID nominee, due to ‘anti-Israel, pro-Iran record’

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The Zionist Organization of America said on it strongly rejects U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power. “Power...
Samantha Power. Photo by Eric Bridiers.

Biden taps Samantha Power to lead USAID

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he will nominate former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development. “As USAID administrator, she will work with our...
U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green addresses the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2018. Credit: Jackson Richman/JNS.

USAID chief Mark Green to leave post after two-plus years

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U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Mark Green announced on Monday that he will be leaving his post at the end of the month. “For two-and-a-half years, I have had the honor, and the joy, of...
U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Mark Green signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz in Jerusalem on Aug. 21, 2019. Credit: Screenshot via Mark Green/Twitter.

US and Israel sign agreement to strengthen partnership

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The United States and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday to strengthen the alliance between the two countries. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Mark Green and Israeli Foreign Minister Israel...