Since seizing control of Gaza in 2007, the Hamas terror group has exploited NGOs to tighten its grip on the enclave. Now, declassified internal Hamas documents reveal the extent of Hamas’ infiltration and subordination of humanitarian organizations for a terror agenda – and that all too many NGOs cooperated with this surveillance, obstruction and hijacking of aid.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Since seizing control of Gaza in 2007, the Hamas terror group has exploited NGOs to tighten its grip on the enclave.
Now, declassified internal Hamas documents reveal the extent of Hamas’ infiltration and subordination of humanitarian organizations for a terror agenda – and that all too many NGOs cooperated with this surveillance, obstruction and hijacking of aid.
Hamas required that each NGO install a liaison at a senior level to report to the terror group. By closely scrutinizing their personal lives, it was able to monitor, control, and dictate the operations of dozens of NGOs. Yet, these groups never acknowledged this infiltration that irrecoverably compromised their humanitarian work.
UK coordination with Hamas: Following Hamas’ designation as a terror organization by the UK, UK diplomats and UK-funded NGOs met Hamas officials to reassure them that UK funding to Hamas-affiliated groups and programs would continue..
Hamas exploiting hospitals: Docs depict Hamas’ systematic use of hospitals as military bases, its resulting interference in medical NGOs’ lifesaving work, and the stunning silence from MSF, ICRC and other groups in the face of this deadly abuse
German-funded NGOs in Gaza operated within a system tightly controlled by Hamas, which infiltrated NGO structures, dictated beneficiaries, and diverted humanitarian aid.
Internal Hamas documents reveal a European diplomat’s undermining of EU regulations in service of the terror group’s violent anti-Israel agenda.