<article data-history-node-id="425500" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-backed-gaza-aid-group-faced-scathing-review-30m-approval" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-backed-gaza-aid-group-faced-scathing-review-30m-approval" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">US-backed Gaza 'aid group' faced scathing review before $30m approval</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="85" data-start="0">A US-backed so-called aid group operating in Gaza faced serious internal criticism from USAID officials just days before the State Department announced $30 million in funding, according to a confidential assessment obtained by CNN.</p> <p data-end="656" data-start="405">The 14-page document reveals that officials raised “critical concerns” about the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) ability to protect civilians and deliver aid effectively, questioning its capacity to operate in the wake of Israel’s months-long blockade.</p> <p data-end="776" data-start="658">Israeli forces have killed more than 750 Palestinians near aid distribution points, including at sites run by the GHF.</p> <p data-end="1000" data-start="778">Reviewers slammed the group’s funding request as vague and poorly thought out, noting that its overall plan lacked “even basic details” and included a proposal to hand out powdered baby formula in areas without safe water.</p> <p data-end="1138" data-start="1002">“I do not concur with moving forward with GHF given operational and reputational risks and lack of oversight,” one USAID official wrote.</p> <p data-end="1286" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1140">A source with direct knowledge of the submission echoed that view, telling CNN, “The application was abysmal… it was sorely lacking real content.”</p> </div> </div> </article>

The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse