The aid industry’s blindness to terror – An Israeli court finds that the NGO World Vision’s Gaza manager aided and abetted Hamas. | JNS.org

(June 26, 2022 / JNS) A verdict issued by Israel’s Beersheva District Court on June 15, which convicted the aid organization World Vision’s Gaza manager Muhammad el-Halabi of a series of security-related offences, revealed many of the fundamental problems plaguing the humanitarian aid industry. The court described in stark terms how Halabi used his position to bolster Hamas’ military capabilities and pay salaries to its fighters, all under the guise of humanitarian assistance to vulnerable Gazans.