How Not to Fund Hamas -Matt Levitt
[T]he U.S. government announced that President Obama has authorized the use of $20.3 million to address critical post-conflict humanitarian needs in Gaza.
[But] the U.S. Agency for International Development's record has been tainted by a series of awards to entities with established ties to terrorist groups, including Hamas-controlled charity committees and the Islamic University of Gaza.
The necessary first step to fix all this is simple and long-overdue: a partner verification system. It would begin by requiring all applicants for funding to submit identifying information on their principal officers and other employees.
The critical need to provide humanitarian aid in conflict zones must be balanced with the risk that terrorist groups will try to benefit from that aid.
(New York Daily News)
The Gaza War: A Strategic Analysis -Anthony H. Cordesman
This analysis reveals impressive improvements in the readiness and capability of the Israel Defense Forces since the fighting against Hizbullah in 2006.
Yet the post-conflict situation looks strikingly like the situation before the fighting began.
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
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This analysis reveals impressive improvements in the readiness and capability of the Israel Defense Forces since the fighting against Hizbullah in 2006.
Yet the post-conflict situation looks strikingly like the situation before the fighting began.
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
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3 comments:
I agree something needs to be done to watch where funding goes, but i am not sure the verification tools exist in that area of the world and I suspect there is no way to fully avoid this risk but hopefully it can be minimized. Sadly, not much does appear different, or to have changed, at least in the short term.
Two things did change.
1. The IDF proved that it can engage the enemy effectively.
2. The Israeli public moved significantly to the right, as far as relations with Palestinian Arabs go. This will almost certainly bring in a government with some guts to, perhaps, finish the job.
well, it proved it can engage convincingly, but effectively can only be proven if they achieve the desired results, which i think in the long tern is too early to tell, but in the short term does not appear that effective. Certainly, the people appeared to back the initiative by a vast majority.
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