Photo: AFSC worker delivers a food parcel in Gaza.

‘A deliberate policy choice with foreseeable consequences.’

US Quaker aid halted in Gaza

‘A deliberate policy choice with foreseeable consequences.’

by Rebecca Hardy 16th January 2026

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is one of thirty-seven International NGOs in Gaza and the West Bank prevented from working in Gaza. The ban includes several national branches of Médecins Sans Frontières, Oxfam, and various other long-established aid groups.