(AmericanProsperity.com) – Earlier this year, President Joe Biden had ordered the construction of a temporary pier that would deliver aid to Gaza even though some staffers for the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed some concerns around the project.
Biden announced plans to use this pier during his State of the Union address as the push to aid the Palestinian territory was increasing due to the intensifying war with Israel. Aid groups were pulling out of the project due to weather and security issues, which limited how much aid was truly going to get to Palestinians.
According to a report, “Multiple USAID staff expressed concerns that the focus on using JLOTS would detract from the Agency’s advocacy for opening land crossings, which were seen as more efficient and proven methods of transporting aid into Gaza.” The report continued, “However, once the President issued the directive, the Agency’s focus was to use JLOTS as effectively as possible.”
At the time, it was said that over two million people were struggling to find food in the area, and the Biden administration set a goal for the U.S. sea route to feed one and a half million people in Gaza.
Sean Savett, U.S. National Security Council spokesman, said that this project has “a real impact” on getting to hungry Palestinians. He said, “The bottom line is that given how dire the humanitarian situation in Gaza is, the United States has left no stone unturned in our efforts to get more aid in, and the pier played a key role at a critical time in advancing that goal.”
The United States agreed on certain set conditions, like the location of the pier, which was set as north Gaza, and that a U.N. Member Nation would provide security for the pier.
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