Scoop: Former UN food program director in talks to lead new Gaza aid foundation

The former executive director of the World Food Programme and Nobel Peace Prize laureate David Beasley is in talks with the Trump administration, the Israeli government and other key players to head the new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, two sources with knowledge of the issue said. Why it matters: Beasley, a former governor of South Carolina, was appointed as the WFP chief during President Trump's first term in office. He served in the job until December 2023, and is highly respected in the humanitarian community and within the UN system. In December 2020 he received the Nobel Peace prize on behalf of the UN agency he headed. Beasley's leadership of the new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) would give it significant credibility and could convince the UN and other international aid organizations to work with the new foundation that will be in charge of delivering aid to civilians in Gaza.A source close to Beasley said he's negotiating the urgent reintroduction of aid in Gaza as a condition of the GHF's operations and his leadership.State of play: The U.S., Israel and representatives of the new international foundation are close to an agreement on how to resume the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza without it being controlled by Hamas. The establishment of the foundation is still in progress. The UN and other aid organizations who work in Gaza announced they will not cooperate with the new foundation's plan, arguing it "contravenes fundamental humanitarian principles." The Trump administration is lobbying countries to donate money to the mechanism and the UN to cooperate with it. White House envoy Steve Witkoff briefed the members of UN Security Council on Wednesday about the plan. U.S. diplomats briefed members of the UN agencies in Geneva about the plan on Thursday. A source involved in the planning of the GHF said the foundation is independent and civilian-led. It aims at complementing the work of the UN and traditional aid groups — not replacing them, they said."Our goal is to help ensure that aid reaches those who need it, safely, effectively, and at scale," the source said.Friction point: The source said a key sticking point is how to ensure aid entering Gaza won't be intercepted by Hamas and that aid will flow directly to civilians."Nothing is final until everything is final. We're building a new model that is different by design and that's not a flaw, it's the point. That takes time and deep collaboration across many, many stakeholders," the source involved in the GHF work said."But those stakeholders all have one thing in common: they're all willing to think outside the box and act with urgency because the situation on the ground demands it."

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