Documents retrieved from Hamas’ Ministry of Interior and National Security (MoINS) in Gaza demonstrate that international NGO World Vision’s former director of Gaza operations, Mohammed el Halabi – who was convicted by Israel for diverting aid to Hamas – was an operative for the terror group.
The analysis is based on annual financial reports for 2020–2023 (the most recent comprehensive data available) submitted to the Israeli Registrar of Non-Profits (Rasham Amutot) by 40 Israeli NGOs engaged in political advocacy and receiving major foreign government funding
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 2014-2021, the Belgian government allocated approximately €23 million in aid to “NGOs and Civil Society” in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.
PalVision’s board members, officials, and employees have justified and glorified violence against Israeli civilians and praised individual terrorists and terrorist attacks. Additionally, they have employed antisemitic and “anti-normalization” rhetoric in their public statements.
Until the UN system at large, and OCHA-oPt and UNICEF Palestine specifically, cease their engagement with terror-linked actors, lawmakers and diplomats should institute appropriate measures to safeguard taxpayer money.
On July 20, 2020, the Dutch government announced that it was suspending funding to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) over links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In response to the Dutch announcement, UAWC issued a statement attempting to deflect the serious allegations.
On February 2, 2017, diplomats from the Netherlands Representative Office in Ramallah met with senior officials from a Palestinian NGO, Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), to sign an $11.5 million grant agreement.
Professor Gerald M Steinberg discusses European funding that is politically motivated or specifically targeted at Israel.
