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June 5, 2024

The American Humanitarian-Aid Pier Was Doomed to Fail

It helped Hamas, not Palestinian civilians.

If Hamas can exercise political control of Gaza by controlling the distribution of humanitarian aid, donors should be striving to make sure food and other supplies stay out of its hands. Unfortunately, the U.S.-built artificial pier, installed off the coast of Gaza to streamline the delivery of aid, did the opposite. This subject is now moot since the pier, which cost over $320 million, broke apart last week and is at least temporarily out of use.

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