US ‘aid’ group for Gaza appoints pro-Israel evangelical leader as new chief
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has announced Johnnie Moore – a US evangelical leader staunchly supportive of Israel – as its new executive chairman.
Moore has been talking up the foundation’s work in Gaza and denying Israeli attacks, which have killed dozens of Palestinians, near the aid distribution sites.
UN agencies and the overwhelming majority of the humanitarian community have rejected diverting aid from the existing mechanism to allow GHF to exclusively distribute assistance in Gaza. Critics say the foundation risks the militarisation and privatisation of the aid and could be used to displace Palestinians in Gaza.
Moore succeeds the former head of GHF, Jake Wood, who quit the group saying that it is not possible to implement private aid distribution plan “while also strictly adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence”.
New GHF chief lauded Trump’s plan for removing Palestinians from Gaza
There have been concerns that GHF could be used as a vehicle for displacing Palestinians inside Gaza, and to push them to leave the territory. In February, Moore praised Trump’s plan to remove all Palestinians from Gaza and turn the enclave into the “Riviera of the Middle East”.
“President Trump always sees war through the eyes of its human cost, & he thinks creatively — never bound by conventional wisdom. He stops wars & makes peace,” Moore wrote in a social media post.
“The USA will take full responsibility for future of Gaza, giving everyone hope & a future”.
President Trump always sees war through the eyes of its human cost, & he thinks creatively — never bound by conventional wisdom. He stops wars & makes
🕊️ peace 🕊️
The USA will take full responsibility for future of Gaza, giving everyone hope & a future
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— Rev. Johnnie Moore ن (@JohnnieM) February 5, 2025
Jake Wood was right to step down. There is nothing impartial, nor humanitarian about this foundation.
