USG Funding to Gaza and WB in 2024: More Money, Less Transparency
The US government has dramatically increased funding for projects in Gaza and the West Bank in 2024. In parallel, it has drastically decreased transparency.
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Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | 13 Dec 2024 |
The US government has dramatically increased funding for projects in Gaza and the West Bank in 2024. In parallel, it has drastically decreased transparency.
In this mapping, NGO Monitor identifies 157 groups that are part of a network of NGOs, partnerships, and funding – responsible for anti-Israel advocacy and antisemitism in the United States in the aftermath of October 7th.
Existing US policies and partnerships with irresponsible NGOs raise concerns that this aid is susceptible to diversion by terrorist groups – primarily by the Houthis
According to USAspending.gov (a US government website that catalogs Federal grants), the State Department is providing $30,088 to the Phoenix Center for Research and Field Studies in Gaza for an August 2023-July 2024 project and an additional $60,000 for a September 2023-August 2024 project.
In 2022, USAID provided funding to more than 20 Palestinian NGOs, via its Civic Participation and Community Engagement (CPCE) framework. The following report details how several board members and officials from CPCE partner organizations operating in the West Bank celebrate terrorists and glorify violence.
NGO Monitor submitted an analysis to the US State Department of several key dimensions related to this issue in 2021, highlighting the extreme ideological positions and methodological failures that define NGO reporting on Israel.
Since NGO Monitor published its previous report in January 2020, Al-Dameer has introduced new executives and members of its Board of Directors. Many of these individuals have links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a designated terrorist organization by the US, EU, Canada, and Israel.
A number of USAID sub-grantees ran programs that introduced children to convicted terrorists, presented convicted terrorists as role models, and publicly demonstrated support for terrorists and terrorist organizations
The following analysis presents all grants reported by the 35 Israeli NGOs receiving foreign government funding and involved in political advocacy, according to their annual financial reports for 2017-2019.