GHF, American humanitarian organization in Gaza supported by Washington, names a right -wing evangelical – Liberation

New face at the head of Opaque Humanitarian Foundation of Gaza (GHF). The private organization, supported by the United States and Israel, said on Tuesday, June 3, that it called as new president of the right-wing evangelical Johnnie Moore. Aged 41, he worked closely with Donald Trump, who appointed him in a commission responsible for advisor to the questions of religious freedom.

This appointment « Underlines GHF’s ​​determination to combine operational excellence and experienced leadership, service focused », Certifies the acting director of the organization, John Acree. An announcement that falls just after an important American consulting company that contributed to the creation of the GHF, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), said it ended its contract with the humanitarian organization.

« GHF believes that serving the people of Gaza in dignity and compassion must be the number 1 priority », says Pastor Moore in the press release, protested against « False information on violence on our sites ». However, no later than Tuesday, the rescue of the Palestinian territory and the Red Cross established a balance sheet of 27 people killed Near a distribution center managed by the GHF in the south of the Gaza band.

This organization with opaque funding claims to have distributed millions of meals since the start of its operations last week in the Palestinian territory. But its deployment was marked by Several chaotic scenes and information reporting Israeli shots near the distribution centers. The GHF denied any incident.

The United Nations, and many NGOs, refuse to work with this organization. They are worried that it was not created to serve the military goals of Israel.