🚨 The Middle East Forum just published an INSANE investigation into USAID! 🚨
Together, the State Department and USAID have funneled $164 million to radical groups across the world. $122 million went to orgs directly tied to designated terrorist groups!
Let's break it down 🧵
USAID has handed millions of taxpayer dollars to groups operating under Hamas in Gaza. Officials have even visited Hamas-linked offices and launched joint programs with them!
The US State Department designated Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization in October 1997.
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One USAID-funded group, Bayader Association, held a 2023 event with senior Hamas officials, including Abdul Haniyeh, son of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Their financial director, Abd Haddaf, publicly mourned PIJ commander Ahmed Abu Deka, describing him as a “brother and friend.”
Another USAID-funded group, the Unlimited Friends Association, hands out financial rewards to the families of terrorists, just like the PA’s "Pay for Slay" program.
Its director, Jomaa Khadoura, openly called for God to "cleanse Al-Aqsa from the impurity of the Jews."
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ANERA, a major U.S.-based “charity,” has received tens of millions from USAID while working closely with Hamas-linked organizations. Multiple ANERA staff members have publicly called for God to “erase the Jews" and posted praise for the Hamas “resistance”
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The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund is known for its close collaboration with the now-defunct Holy Land Foundation, which the U.S. government convicted in 2008 for "providing material support to Hamas."
In 2016, USAID provided PCRF with a sub-grant of $90,000 dollars.
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USAID even approved $2 million for Islamic Relief, a global Muslim Brotherhood charity.
Its officials have worked directly with Hamas leaders and openly support “jihad.”
The U.S. State Department itself called Islamic Relief’s leadership horrifically antisemitic in 2020.
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Islamic Relief officials with Hamas politburo member and terror leader Ghazi Hamad (second from left).
Weeks after the October 7 attacks, Hamad promised that Hamas would repeat the attacks “time and again until Israel is annihilated.”
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But the corruption is not just in the Middle East.
The Tides Foundation, which bankrolls radical, pro-Hamas groups on U.S. college campuses, received over $217,000 from the State Department in 2022.
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In 2024, the chairman of Congress’s Ways and Means Committee, Representative Jason Smith, declared the Tides Foundation was “at the center of antisemitic incidents that have taken place across college campuses since Hamas’ attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023.”
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InterAction, a colossal NGO network, runs cover for Islamist groups tied to Hamas. Their goal is to shield extremist groups by lobbying to weaken terror finance laws. They have received 10's of millions of dollars over the last decade from the U.S. including $2.6 million in 2024.
The Fares Al-Arab Foundation, a USAID partner that has received at least $81,000 from the State Department, published a statement mourning the martyrdom” of Sami Labad, a Hamas fighter killed while storming the Gaza border on October 7.
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This is just the tip of the iceberg.
The @meforum report, which I’ll link below, exposes dozens, if not hundreds of cases of taxpayer money funding extremist groups. It’s incomprehensible that this was allowed to happen and that so many people involved turned a blind eye?
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For years, there’s been no transparency, no accountability, and no checks on where our money is going.
We cannot let this go. This isn’t one of those times where we just move on. Every person involved in this massive scandal should be held accountable for their crimes.
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And now that the truth is out, watch who’s defending these corrupt organizations. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, for example, just tweeted in support of USAID.
Ilhan, please explain how defunding terrorism is putting Americans abroad in danger?
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Remember that the people who never stop crying about U.S. aid to Israel will have nothing to say about this. Because it was never about the money. It was always about trying to cut America off from its greatest ally. Let's see them show some concern now.
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Whatever you think about @elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump, there is no question that this move is necessary.
I hope @SenMarcoRubio roots out every last terrorist taking advantage of U.S. taxpayer dollars.
It's time for one of the biggest scandals in American history to end.
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Main Article:
meforum.org/fwi/fwi-resear…
Additional links:
meforum.org/october-7/hama…
meforum.org/taxpayer-subsi…
freebeacon.com/democrats/soro…
adl.org/resources/arti…
2017-2021.state.gov/islamic-relief…
nytimes.com/2004/04/15/us/…
jewishlink.news/israeli-legal-…
If you made it this far, go check out yesterday’s thread on the UN Human Rights Council, another disgustingly corrupt organization that gets away with this kind of insanity.
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