What’s Behind Hamas’s Threat to Stall the Release of Hostages, and How Israel Should Respond
For the terrorists, Israel’s suffering is the ultimate victory.
February 12, 2025
The agency does some things right, and a lot wrong.
According to its website, USAID supplied at least $641 million of the $1.2 billion in humanitarian aid America has provided to the Palestinians since October 7, 2023. In fact, the USAID inspector general led a delegation to Israel to oversee this aid on the week of January 20. The problem is that the agency usually works through local institutions, and in the Middle East and elsewhere these are not always so humanitarian as they seem.
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Login or SubscribeFor the terrorists, Israel’s suffering is the ultimate victory.
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