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Learning from the World Vision Case
(NGO Monitor) On August 4, the Israel Security Agency revealed that Mohammed El-Halabi, manager of the Gaza operations of the international humanitarian NGO World Vision, funneled 60% of the funds to the terrorist group Hamas. NGO Monitor identified World Vision as susceptible to aid diversion in 2015, concluding that there is "little doubt as to World Vision's willingness to negotiate and coordinate with armed groups. This raises questions as to whether the group would prevent components of its aid from being misappropriated by terrorist organizations." Prof. Gerald Steinberg noted that, "World Vision's failures in Gaza highlight the problems of a multi-billion-dollar NGO industry that remains largely unregulated and unexamined....This should be a cautionary moment for many other international aid organizations that have similar operations in Gaza, such as Oxfam, Care, Christian Aid, and UNRWA."