The United Nations Development Program says it is “greatly concerned” by allegations that Waheed Abd Allah Borsh, an engineer for the humanitarian aid organization, directed resources and assistance to the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip.
However, the group downplayed the significance of the accusation, saying the main incident connected to Borsh was only a small fraction of the UNDP’s activities in the coastal region.
One of the main accusations levied against Borsh by Israel concerns a restoration project in which “300 tons of rubble” were transported from a UNDP site at the behest of a senior Hamas official, the UNDP says.
“The allegations concerning Mr. Al Bursh by the Israeli authorities refer to 300 tons of the more than one million tons removed, or 7 truckloads out of a total of nearly 26,000,” Roberto Valent, the UNDP Special Representative of the Administrator, says in a statement.
However, the UNDP says it was “committed to the highest standards of transparency and accountability and therefore in light of this development, UNDP is conducting a thorough internal review of the processes and circumstances surrounding the allegation.”
— Judah Ari Gross
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