Good to see - Democrats blast state department for lack of 'basic oversight' of controversial Gaza food organization

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/03/us-democrats-gaza-humanitarian-foundation-letter

Senior Democratic senators have called on the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, to reveal details behind the financing and oversight of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) amid concerns over rising death tolls near aid sites, the group’s apparent coordination with the Israeli army and its reported use of private military contractors linked to intelligence operations.

The letter, co-signed by senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen and Peter Welch, accuses the state department of an “inability to answer basic questions about GHF in a timely manner” and said that the department’s “overriding of internal protocol and staff warnings is particularly concerning given it is unlikely to be able to conduct basic oversight of the funds it provided to GHF”.

The letter, which was addressed to Rubio, Huckabee and Russell Vought, the powerful director of the office of management and budget and current administrator for the US Agency for International Development, was delivered to the state department over the weekend and shared exclusively with the Guardian.

“The state department should immediately cease funding GHF and transfer or restore funding to experienced aid organizations given the strong and growing evidence that GHF is failing to accomplish its humanitarian mission,” they wrote.