Thread: U.S. Suspends Work of Aid Groups in Gaza Strip.....

The U.S. official said some 600,000 Gazans -- about a third of the population of the coastal strip -- were receiving some $98 million worth of assistance from USAID projects in health, education, construction and infrastructure.....snip.

yep who does this surprise?

Well, I'll preface this by saying we shouldn't be involved to begin with, but given that we are, why wouldn't Hamas want to know what we're doing in the Gaza Strip? Gaza is THEIR home turf.

"GAZA (Reuters) - The United States has suspended operations of the aid organizations it funds in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip because the Islamist group had demanded confidential information about their work, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday.

"USAID-funded partner organizations operating in Gaza are forced by Hamas's actions to suspend their assistance work. (They) were put on hold effective August 12," said the official, who is based in the region.

He added that "through a series of measures (Hamas) has imposed over the past months, it has created an environment which jeopardizes the ability of nongovernmental organizations to provide assistance to Gaza's most vulnerable residents."

The official, who declined to be named, said Hamas had demanded access to files and records of NGOs, which would reveal financial and administrative information, details of staff members and information on beneficiaries."

Reading between the lines, Hamas is basically asking "What are you doing IN OUR COUNTRY?"

And basically we're saying, "Its none of your business."

Of course this is actually happening in THEIR country so it IS their business. They have every right to ask and you know what? We have every right to stop....as we should....