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US-backed org sounds the alarm over abandoned aid for Gaza, calls for UN collaboration
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is reaching out to one of its most prominent critics in hopes of bridging the divide and finding a path to collaboration on aid distribution. On Tuesday, the organization's executive chairman, Rev. Johnnie Moore, sent a letter to Tom Fletcher, the United Nations' under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator . "As you are aware, the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. Despite the extraordinary volume of aid inside Gaza, the vast majority of it remains warehoused, undelivered, or looted. The result is millions of civilians without consistent access to food aid," Moore his letter, Moore asserts that while U.N. agencies have blamed the stalled aid on a "lack of permissions" and security concerns, the reality is much different. "More than 400 aid distribution points run by the U.N. and its partners remain closed. Kitchens have shuttered, trucks sit idle, drivers are striking, and convoys are routinely looted. This is not an access issue. It is a capacity and operational issue, and the world deserves honesty about that distinction." Moore also expressed concern over U.N.-aligned organizations and spokespeople launching public retaliation attacks while ignoring "broader systemic failures." Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) international spokesperson, posted a video on Tuesday allegedly showing 950 trucks of aid "waiting in Gaza for international organizations to pick up and distribute to Gazan civilians." When it comes to criticisms from the U.N., GHF spokesperson Chapin Fay told Fox News Digital the organization was established to correct mistakes the international body has made over the years. "The U.N. has been doing this for years and that's why we're here. GHF was created to solve two problems. One, Israel lost faith in the prior system because of the second problem, which was diversion. Again, the U.N. has had a near perfect record of food being diverted for various reasons, including corruption and working with local Hamas agents in Gaza, so that's why we're here. And the difference is we are delivering this safely and securely, and we've had zero aid diverted, zero of our trucks have been diverted," Fay said. According to Fay, GHF has distributed approximately 85 million meals since it began operations in the Strip just under two months ago. Fletcher is among several U.N. critics who have voiced opposition to the U.S.- and Israel-backed GHF. Before the organization even began distributing meals, Fletcher said it was a "fig leaf for further violence and displacement" and a "cynical sideshow." Since then, Fletcher and U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese have criticized the GHF over reports of violence at its sites, with Albanese calling them "death traps." "Regardless of what you hear or read about in the international media, we've had very little violence on our sites," Fay told Fox News Digital. He added that there were only two incidents: a deadly trampling that Fay said was "fomented by Hamas," and another was a terror attack in which "Hamas-style grenades" were thrown at and injured two American workers. "The veterans that make up our security personnel are highly, highly trained, experienced, and skilled. And they are not there because they know how to pull a trigger, they are there because they know when not to pull a trigger. And our people have never once shot at anyone," Fay said. Fay told Fox News Digital that the IDF is "responsible for security outside of our sites in Gaza, so you'd have to ask them about the casualties." In response to a Fox News Digital request for comment, the IDF said that "instructions were issued to forces in the field following lessons learned" from situations in which civilians were harmed. "Following incidents in which harm to civilians who arrived at distribution facilities was reported, thorough examinations were conducted in the Southern Command and instructions were issued to forces in the field following lessons learned. The aforementioned incidents are under review by the competent authorities in the IDF," the IDF told Fox News Digital.
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Columbia University announced on Tuesday that it is disciplining more than 70 students over anti-Israel protests that took over Butler Library on the New York City campus earlier this year and during Alumni Weekend last spring. The disciplinary action came as the university seeks to work with the Trump administration, which in March accused the school of "continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students." Most of the disciplined students received two-year suspensions or expulsions in the first punishments meted out by the university's Provost's Office. The Trump administration is withholding $400 million in federal grants from the university. Columbia and the administration have been trying to work out a deal to restore the funding. "Our institution must focus on delivering on its academic mission for our community. And to create a thriving academic community, there must be respect for each other and the institution's fundamental work, policies, and rules," the university's statement said. "Disruptions to academic activities are in violation of University policies and Rules, and such violations will necessarily generate consequences." The University Judicial Board (UJB), which was placed under the Provost Office in March, determined the findings and disciplined the students. The UJB panel is comprised of professors and administrators who, the university said, "worked diligently over the summer to offer an outcome for each individual based on the findings of their case and prior disciplinary outcomes." The university did not disclose the names of the disciplined students. The punishment stemmed from violations that occurred in May, when students took over the Butler Library during a pro-Palestinian protest, and from an illegal encampment students established on campus during Alumni Weekend in the spring of 2024, according to the university. "The speed with which our updated UJB system has offered an equitable resolution to the community and students involved is a testament to the hard work of this institution to improve its processes," the university said in its statement. Following the Butler Library protest, which the university said affected hundreds of students attempting to study, the school launched an investigation, banned participating individuals from affiliated institutions and non-affiliates from campus, and placed Columbia participants on interim suspension. "The University Judicial Board held hearings, in which respondents had an opportunity to be heard and make their case, and then determined findings and issued sanctions approximately 10 weeks following the incident," according to the university's statement. In a March 13 letter to the university, the Trump administration listed nine demands Columbia must comply with "as a precondition for formal negotiations" regarding federal funding being withheld, including enforcing existing disciplinary policies. Columbia also agreed to ban masks on campus, one of the Trump administration's key demands, saying in the memo, "Public safety has determined that face masks or face coverings are not allowed for the purpose of concealing one's identity in the commission of violations of University policies or state, municipal, or federal laws."
