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Steven Emerson,
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August 15, 2016
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UN
Special Envoy Calls for Gaza Aid Cutoff While Hamas in Power
by IPT News • Aug 15, 2016 at
3:09 pm
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A special envoy to the United Nations (UN) wants international
humanitarian organizations to cease assistance transfers to Gaza, "as long as
Hamas is in control."
Recent reports detail how Hamas is diverting millions of dollars
intended for Gaza's civilians in order to rebuild the organization's
terrorist capabilities.
"The enemy of the people of Gaza is Hamas, not Israel. Hamas has hijacked
the coastal strip and rules over its people with an iron fist," UN
Special Envoy Laurie Cardoza-Moore said Thursday. "For decades, the
leadership of Hamas has robbed its people of aid money...The time has come
to halt all aid money into the Gaza Strip as long as Hamas is in
control."
Cardoza-Moore's strong message comes shortly after Gaza-based UN
employee was indicted for laundering charitable donations to improve Hamas'
naval capabilities. Earlier this month, Israel's Shin Bet domestic security
service reported that Hamas funnelled tens of millions of dollars from World Vision,
a U.S.-based international charity.
The terrorist group reportedly siphoned 60 percent of the charity's
resources in Gaza to reconstruct Hamas' tunnel network and military
installations, in addition to purchasing weapons intended to kill Israelis.
This translated to roughly $7.2 million each year.
The money was intended to help in civilian reconstruction efforts for
Gaza's population, including building greenhouses, enhancing agricultural
projects, helping fishermen, and promoting mental and physical health
initiatives.
Instead "these [funds] were all used as a pipeline to transfer
money to Hamas," Shin Bet said.
Hamas terrorists also falsely listed their children as injured to
collect money intended to help children in Gaza who were actually wounded.
"If the international community wants to help the impoverished people
of Gaza, they must work to free them from Hamas...It is unacceptable that
hundreds of millions of dollars are likely being directly transferred to
the coffers of an international terrorist organization in the name of
Christianity and humanity. No church or humanitarian organization should
send a single cent to Gaza as long as it is run by a band of murderous
terrorist bandits," said Cardoza-Moore.
Since the end of the summer 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, several reports emerged documenting how the terrorist
group prioritizes killing Israelis over serving its population. The latest
investigations uncover important details on how Hamas exploits legitimate charitable organizations globally
to finance its terrorist capabilities at the expense of needy civilians and
societal development.
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