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USAID freeze risks 'deadly consequences' as work halts in Gaza, agencies warn
NBC News | Comcast ^ | February 8, 2025 | By Chantal Da Silva (D-NBC)

Posted on 02/08/2025 9:33:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Aid agencies are sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump’s mission to upend the U.S. Agency for International Development, which they say is already hampering efforts to provide assistance to Palestinians reeling from 15 months of war in Gaza.

Medical supplies, food deliveries and other vital humanitarian supplies were already being held up in other parts of the world by the administration’s 90-day freeze on all foreign aid, and humanitarian organizations are warning that the situation in Gaza could become even more dire if there is a similar delay there.

USAID has been a major funder of support for Palestinians in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank. In a November news release, the agency said it had invested over $600 million in economic support funding for Palestinians since 2021.

USAID also announced in November that it planned to dedicate $230 million in additional funding to support economic recovery and development programs in Gaza and the West Bank.

That same month, Amy Tohill-Stull, director of USAID’s West Bank and Gaza mission, said in a statement that the U.S. commitment to the Palestinian people remained “steadfast.”

But the agency’s future is now deeply uncertain after Trump, in one of his first acts in office last month, paused development assistance from USAID for 90 days to assess compatibility with his “America First” policy.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, dubbed a “special government employee” by the White House, also said Monday that he and Trump were in the process of shutting it down.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gaza; usaid
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1 posted on 02/08/2025 9:33:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sure...whatever you say, NBC.


2 posted on 02/08/2025 9:33:51 AM PST by madison10
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Like the Condom/Lube project! Here are the gory details by the criminals themselves. https://ghsupplychain.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/2023%20Comprehensive%20Report%20on%20Condoms%20and%20Lubricants_May2024.pdf


3 posted on 02/08/2025 9:35:06 AM PST by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Work needs to begin in NC and Cali.


4 posted on 02/08/2025 9:35:48 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If we don’t run up a zillion dollar deficit everybody in the world is going to die!

Lol.


5 posted on 02/08/2025 9:35:58 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NBC gaslighting again.


6 posted on 02/08/2025 9:36:39 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So?


7 posted on 02/08/2025 9:36:53 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

🙄


8 posted on 02/08/2025 9:37:31 AM PST by Allegra (It’s MAGA time! )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah, how can Hamas keep committing terrorism without the USAID’s funding?


9 posted on 02/08/2025 9:37:43 AM PST by Redleg Duke (“Time to Play Cowboys and Snowflakes!”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These are the “agencies” who have been starving to death over the past few days with out millions of taxpayer dollars, right? You know, the thieves and crooks.


10 posted on 02/08/2025 9:38:12 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Don't forget to celebrate "A Day Without Guac and Panther Pee" today! )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Make a list of who is whining.


11 posted on 02/08/2025 9:38:35 AM PST by lurk (u)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
How many Muslim nations surround that area? How much oil wealth devolves to them, of which some could flow more freely to humanitarian causes of those “in need,” Oh well, never mind.
12 posted on 02/08/2025 9:39:05 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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How many Muslim nations surround that area? How much oil wealth devolves to them, of which some could flow more freely to humanitarian causes of those “in need,” Oh well, never mind.
13 posted on 02/08/2025 9:39:05 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: dfwgator

Exactly....


14 posted on 02/08/2025 9:39:37 AM PST by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let the rich Arab Counties pick up the Tab.


15 posted on 02/08/2025 9:39:49 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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'...reeling from 15 months of war in Gaza.'

And who started it, may I ask?
16 posted on 02/08/2025 9:40:05 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
USAID does not need to fund the supply of parachutes to queers and trannies in Gaza anymore because Gaza has run out of roofs high rise buildings to throw them off of.
17 posted on 02/08/2025 9:40:14 AM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Unstolen elections have consequences for thieves who steal U.S. taxpayers for a living. Transparency is one of the trans MAGAS like. And those huge spotlights sure beat Bull****prompters.


18 posted on 02/08/2025 9:41:39 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Don't forget to celebrate "A Day Without Guac and Panther Pee" today! )
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To: madison10

It’s all on hands on deck to save the deep state money laundering/ propaganda op. This “humanitarian” gaslight crap reminds me of Hamas putting their bomb making operations in hospital basements. “Hey look at all the good this hospital does”


19 posted on 02/08/2025 9:42:26 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
In a November news release, the agency said it had invested over $600 million
in economic support funding for Palestinians hamas since 2021.

Edited for clarity/accuracy.

20 posted on 02/08/2025 9:42:40 AM PST by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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