"Now, for the first time, systematic evidence is being published: dozens of internal Hamas documents detail the organization's formal liaisons tasked with coordinating international NGO activity. In their own internal documents, Hamas officials describe assigning points of contact with ostensibly "highly respected" international NGOs like Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Oxfam, Save the Children, and the Norwegian Refugee Council. These "guarantors," as Hamas referred to them, were Hamas-approved senior administrators at each NGO, allowing the terror group to closely monitor NGO behaviour,"
"influence their decision-making and circumvent bans by some Western governments' on engaging with Hamas itself. Furthermore, at least ten such "guarantors" who served as senior NGO officials were not just Hamas-approved, but Hamas members, supporters, or employees of Hamas-affiliated authorities. These liaisons and others, across dozens of NGOs, used their positions to generate Hamas-approved beneficiary lists for cash-assistance, utilized by the UN and aid organizations; and often engaged in outright theft."
"The bottom line: NGO Monitor's ground breaking report proves that Hamas controls all humanitarian operations in Gaza, on an institutional level and an individual one. There is no NGO freedom of operation in Gaza. And most crucially, never once did NGOs say anything about this Hamas infiltration. If anything, they issued statements blaming their inhibited operations on Israel - thus ignoring the problem and allowing Hamas to continue harming Gazans."
Dozens of internal Hamas documents reveal formal liaisons tasked with coordinating international NGO activity in Gaza. Hamas assigned points of contact with ostensibly "highly respected" international NGOs and designated "guarantors"—Hamas-approved senior administrators—who monitored NGO behaviour, influenced decision-making, and bypassed Western bans on engaging with Hamas. At least ten guarantors were Hamas members, supporters, or employees of Hamas-affiliated authorities. Those liaisons generated Hamas-approved beneficiary lists used for UN and aid organization cash assistance and often engaged in theft. Humanitarian operations in Gaza were effectively controlled at institutional and individual levels while NGOs publicly blamed Israel for operational restrictions.
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