Listed terror organisation & World Vision (WV) funding.
without prejudiceOPINION
USAID $2 billion of taxpayers’ money WV
Islamic Relief Agency ISRA
2014, W V and USAID $200,000 to ISRA
In 2014, USAID awarded $723,405 to World Vision, an enormous international evangelical charity, to “improve water, sanitation and hygiene and to increase food security in Sudan’s Blue Nile state.” Of these funds, $200,000 was to be directed to a sub-grantee: the Khanrtoum-based Islamic Relief Agency (“ISRA”). ISRA was and remains a listed terror organisation.
The US designated the Khartoum-based group as a terror-financing organisation in 2004, because of ISRA’s links to Osama bin Laden and his organisation Maktab al-Khidamat (“MK”), the precursor of al-Qaeda.
After the US had designated ISRA as a terrorist organisation it emerged that ISRA’s American branch, Islamic American Relief Agency (“IARA-USA”) had illegally transferred over $1.2 million to Iraqi insurgents and other terror groups, including, reportedly, the Afghan terrorist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
2015, W V and USAID $125,000 to ISRA
World Vision desperately sought to circumvent the terror link proscription. In 2015, World Vision wrote to the Treasury Department and USAID to apply for a new license to pay ISRA “monies owed for work performed.”
After World Vision sent panicked and bullying emails to government officials demanding the release of the money, and repeated interventions on World Vision’s behalf by a high-ranking staff for US Congressman Adam Smith and deputy ambassador to the United Nations Jeremy Weinstein, the license was granted, and USAID began “a one-time transfer of approximately $125,000 to ISRA.”
2006, W V and Interpal to Hamas
ISRA was not World Vision’s first or last involvement with a terrorist organisation. In 2006, World Vision signed a joint memorandum with the US-designated terror group Interpal (Palestinian Relief and Development Fund) , a financial supporter of Hamas.
This statement is signed by the following agencies:
ABCD
Care International UK
Christian Aid
Education Action International
Friends of Birzeit University
Healthlink Worldwide
Interpal
Islamic Relief Worldwide
Medical Aid for Palestinians
Oxfam
Qattan Foundation, Quakers
Response International
United Nations Association International Service
War on Want
Welfare Association
World Vision
Y Care International.
Australia
2012, W V Au Taxpayers Funds to proxy for PFLP
In 2012, World Vision appeared to use Australian government dollars to fund a known proxy for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (“PFLP”).
In 2012, World Vision was involved in an incident where it was found to be funding the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC). The UAWC was a front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a terrorist group that is proscribed in Australia and other countries. World Vision initially claimed that it was funding an Israeli NGO with a similar name, but this was later shown to be false.1
Despite the spirited denial by World Vision Australia’s Tim Costello, several counter-terror NGOs repeatedly warned World Vision that they were working with a terrorist organisation. In response to these challenges, Costello said, “You need to get your hands dirty to do good work.”
The evidence that UAWC was a PFLP arm was overwhelming and explained repeatedly, in private and in public, to World Vision officials, who not only ignored it, but attacked those who informed them.2
AUSTRALIAN POLITY JUST FAIL TO LEARN FROM PAST LESSONS
$178+ million
How much money has Australia given to UNRWA?3
This renewed commitment builds on the $106 million in core contributions and humanitarian support that Australia has provided to UNRWA since 2011-12. DFAT supports UNRWA’s Medium Term Strategy (MTS) 2016 2021. The MTS presents UNRWA’s strategic vision and objectives for its programs and operations.
How is Australia helping Gaza?4
Since 7 October, Australia has committed $72.5 million in humanitarian assistance to address essential needs in Gaza and respond to the protracted refugee crisis in the region.
2022, W V Gaza operation manager 50 million to Hamas
In 2022, an Israeli court convicted and sentenced World Vision’s manager of operations for Gaza, Mohammad Halabi, on terror financing charges. Halabi was initially accused of diverting as much as $50 million of World Vision funds to Hamas.
USAID, however, has continued to fund World Vision. Almost $2 billion of taxpayers’ money has been authorised in USAID grants to the charity since 2008, with $200 million approved in just 2024.
Acknowledgement Original Sources
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