Britain Is Sending Millions to Hamas
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, May 2025. (@Keir_Starmer/X)
Itâs Sunday, May 25, and the British government is knowingly sending millions of pounds to Hamas. Thatâs according to an astonishing investigation aired last night on Channel 12, in partnership with NGO Monitor.
Thereâs a lot to unpack, but Iâll try highlight the main findings.
Most damning is a British Consulate-General in Jerusalem document obtained by NGO Monitor. Written in November 2022, the document discusses, amongst other things, British financial assistance for the Gazan population via UNICEF from 2022 until 2026. It says the following:
âThe risks to the success of the programme are moderate, with major risks of actual or perceived diversion of humanitarian aid.â
It highlighted the risk of âdirect or indirect diversion of aid to the de facto authorities in Gaza and/or other terrorist groups. Cash cannot be tracked once withdrawn from the ATM. There are reputational and fiduciary risks around actual or perceived links of UK aid with supporting terrorist groups.âÂ
And hereâs the worst part:Â âThe cash assistance component will be implemented in coordination with the Ministry of Social Development MoSD. The MoSD in Gaza is affiliated with the de facto authorities and thus UK Aid can be linked directly or indirectly with supporting the de facto authority (Hamas) in Gaza which is part of a proscribed group.â
In other words, as NGO Monitorâs Anne Herzberg put it, âa Hamas-controlled entity was an integral partner in determining how cash assistance provided by the UK government to UNICEF would be distributed in Gaza.â
Ok, but maybe London changed its policy after October 7? Well, in March 2024, UNICEF wrote that it âmaintained and strengthened the partnership with the MoSD,â adding in November that âthis humanitarian cash transfer program in the Gaza Strip is supported by the European Union, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).â
And how much money are we talking about? Citing the UN Financial Tracking System, NGO Monitor wrote that âin 2024, the UK provided UNICEF with approximately $23.1 million for West Bank and Gaza operations.â
And yet, at the same time that Britain is knowingly sending millions of pounds to Hamas, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is busy condemning Israel for the war in Gaza, suspending free trade talks with Jerusalem, and sanctioning Israeli citizens.
Instead of lecturing Israel, Mr. Starmer would do well to reflect on his own governmentâs contribution to the warâand to the terrorists who started it.
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