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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-882019
"Doctors Without Borders" Maintained Terror Ties
(Jerusalem Post) Mathhilda Heller - Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) "practiced advancing an extreme anti-Israeli narrative under the guise of humanitarian activity," according to Israeli government documents viewed by the Jerusalem Post. The organization is one of several dozen NGOs prohibited from operating in Gaza and the West Bank since January 1. Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli said MSF maintained active ties to terrorist organizations: in June 2024, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative was identified as an MSF employee, and in September 2024, another MSF employee was identified as a Hamas sniper. "Despite repeated and explicit demands," MSF did not provide full transparency regarding the identities, roles, and activities of those individuals. "The message is unequivocal: humanitarian aid is welcome; terror under the guise of humanitarianism is not," said Chikli. An MSF employee in Gaza, Fadi Al-Wadiya, was revealed to be a senior operative of Islamic Jihad and an expert in rocket systems. Another staff member, Mahmoud Abunejeila, has publicly expressed support for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The IDF said the 24 organizations that have not been banned are producing 99% of the total aid and that the current ban changes nothing on the ground.