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Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri.

Oct. 7 victims sue mogul for using USAID-funded site to aid Hamas tunnels

By MICHAEL STARR

A USAID flag outside the USAID building in Washington, DC, US. February 3, 2025.

Workers, US diplomats to be fired from USAID, sources say

Protesters demonstrate against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv. September 23, 2023.

Lawmakers demand answers from NGOs over alleged Biden funding for Israel protests

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Reps. Nita Lowey and Eliot Engel of New York speak to AIPAC's annual policy conference on March 25, 2019.

Before Nita Lowey died, Trump’s DOGE eviscerated the $250m. Middle East peace fund named for her

By Deborah Danan/JTA

RUSLANA RODINA – the face of Scoops’ summer shoes.

Grapevine March 9, 2025: Ironic timing

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Letters

Letters to the Editor, March 3, 2025: Ordinary people

By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

USAID pallets of food, water and supplies

Trump USAID shutdown could spark a global humanitarian crisis

By MICHAEL M. COHEN

A PALESTINIAN woman carries her son during a rally of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on the 55th anniversary of its founding, in Gaza City, 2022 – the same year USAID awarded $100,000 to a Palestinian activist group whose leaders hailed the PFLP, a designated terror group,

Time to cut off terror-linked international aid

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

THE USAID building in Washington: Reports indicate that humanitarian aid funds intended for rebuilding Gaza’s infrastructure have also benefited groups tied to Hamas, the writer notes.

It's time end funding to USAID

By David Ben-Basat

A SIGN for a USAID desalination plant expansion project in the central Gaza Strip in 2018.

Terror aid vs US aid: Dismantling USAID hands victory to Qatar

By AMINE AYOUB

Der designierte US-Präsident Donald Trump und Elon Musk beobachten den Start des sechsten Testflugs der SpaceX Starship-Rakete am 19. November 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.

Far Right MK calls on Elon Musk to investigate US funds improperly used in Israeli affairs

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) react during a campaign event at Dorton Arena, in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. November 4, 2024.

Trump orders revamp of US diplomatic corps to ensure they follow his agenda

By REUTERS

USAID pallets of food, water and supplies

US to announce over $300 million in aid for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank

By REUTERS

Unloading of humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip, transported via the maritime route from Cyprus to the Port of Ashdod.

Over 3,500 pallets of Gaza-bound aid unloaded at Ashdod port

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power speaks during a news conference at the National Palace of Culture in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 15, 2024.

USAID chief Samantha Power announces an additional $100 million in Gaza aid during trip to Israel

By RIKKI ZAGELBAUM

U.S. Navy personnel construct a JLOTS, which stands for "Joint Logistics Over-the Shore" temporary pier which will provide a ship-to-shore distribution system to help deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza, in an undated handout picture in the Mediterranean Sea.

US humanitarian aid pier to be removed, Pentagon won't commit to it being reestablished

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Humanitarian aid for Gaza is loaded onto platform in Larnaca, March 9, 2024

US built floating pier off Gaza could be operational in ‘days’

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson before delivering his State of the Union address, last month.

White House urges Congress to quickly send foreign aid bill to Biden's desk

By HANNAH SARISOHN