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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ellen Knickmeyer

Biden pushed Gaza pier over warnings it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says

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President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year even as some staffers for the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off and undercut the effort to persuade Israel to open “more efficient” land crossings to get food into the territory, according to a USAID inspector general report published Tuesday.

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