Thread by @Dave_Harden

1. As @DanielBShapiro notes, this is a hostile act to ... Israel. And of course the Palestinian people. The US is ceding space to #Hamas in #Gaza. No security professional recommends an aid cut off in Gaza - none.
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2. To the doubters, those without facts @tanstaaflpnw Read the GAO report on @usaid assistance to the Palestinians. gao.gov/assets/700/693…. @USAIDWBG had the highest level of accountability, results and integrity in @usaid. Clean @USGAO audits are the gold standard.

3. Name other operating units anywhere in the USG where year in and year out IG and @USGAO regularly report clean audits? Fact of the matter @USAIDWBG is the best in the business. @jdgreenblatt45 @USAIDMiddleEast

4. Here is why @DanielBShapiro and I care so much - we literally went to the bomb shelter 80 times in the month of August during the 2014 war. We gave our kids gas masks in 2013 during the Syrian chemical attacks. @Martin_Indyk @robertdanin @ilangoldenberg

5. War and peace between the Israelis and Palestinians isn't theoretical to us. @ALLMEP_usa. We lived it - and worked 24/7 to reduce risk, save lives. This decision also puts into doubt the people to people activities that have changed futures. @Kids4Peace @EcoPeaceME @braunold

6. And, most specifically it accelerates the risk of war and ignores the evidence of trade and economic opportunity in the northern West Bank and elsewhere as a force for stability. @LTCPeterLerner @lrozen @columlynch
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7. Bottom line - This administration has empowered #hamas and other rejectionists. Good luck @usembassyjlm @SecPompeo