The Biden administration swept aside objections about the harmful effects its military pier in Gaza would have on aid delivery efforts in the project's planning stages.
Concerns raised by USAID staff indicated that 'the focus on using JLOTS would detract from the Agency's advocacy to open land crossings in Israel and Egypt, which were seen as more efficient.'
The report lends evidence to observations by many pro-Palestine advocates that the pier merely served as a cynical PR ploy by a U.S. administration.
The pier was announced during Biden's State of the Union speech in March and permanently disconnected months earlier than planned in July.
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