The USAID has been a huge fundraiser to support Palestinians in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank. In a November news release, the agency said it had invested more than 600 million million in financing financial support for Palestinians since 2021.
It was more than $ 1.2 billion for humanitarian aid for Palestinians since October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched multilateral attacks on Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages, causing conflict There was a significant increase.
Since then, more than 47,000 people have been killed in the enclave, though researchers have estimated that the number of deaths is high.
USAID also announced in November that it plans to provide $ 230 million additional funds to support economic recovery and development programs in Gaza and the West Bank.
This month, the West Bank of the USAID and the director of the Gaza Mission, Amy Tahel Stool, said in a statement that the US affiliation with the Palestinian people was “steadfast”.
But in his first operation in Trump last month, the agency’s future is now deeply uncertain after Trump, he has up for 90 days by USAID to assess compatibility with his “US First” policy The aid was stopped for 90 days.
Elon Musk, who is the richest man in the world, has named the White House as a “special government employee”, also said Monday that he and Trump were in the process of shutting it down.
Trump then suggested that the United States should gain ownership of Gaza. After making conflicting comments on Tuesday, whether Palestinians will be able to stay in the enclave under such a proposal, On Thursday he suggested that he could stay inside “With new and innovative homes in the region, much more secure and more beautiful communities.”
This week, the State Department controlled USAID, Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio told Fox News that the move was “not about getting rid of foreign aid”, but at the United States International aid program. Reforms may be necessary.
The White House’s decision comes a few days after an Israeli sanctions on Palestinian refugees on the UN Relief and Works Agency when the World Organization warned that humanitarian aid attempts in the Gaza Strip, occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem Will endanger.
Israel has vowed to extend the suspension of UNRWA funds after Israel participated in the October 7, 2023 attacks with the agency to participate with the agency.
Meanwhile, the United States is Israel’s largest weapons provider. According to a November report on Brown University’s war project costs, Washington spent at least $ 17.9 billion on military assistance to Israel in the first year of Israeli forces in Gaza.
The agencies warned that on the ground, USAd funding was already having solid effects.
