2024
The National
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon face difficult Ramadan
Mar. 21 | Nada Maucourant Atallah speaks with Anera's Mohamed Kaddoura. An excerpt: “The border conflict has hit the labour market hard. Many refugees worked in border villages, as farmers or in construction, but heavy shelling now renders those areas inaccessible.” Read the article.
New York Times
Why Isn’t More Aid Getting to Gazans?
Mar. 20 | Amy Schoenfeld Walker spoke with Anera's Naser Qadous. “It’s very hard to reach all people. This is why there are many people that are starving.” Read the article.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Biden and Schumer are more pro-Israel than Netanyahu
Mar. 20 | Trudy Rubin writes about the killing of Anera staff member Mousa Shawwa in Gaza and speaks to Anera's Sean Carroll. Read the opinion piece.
ABC Australia
Why are so many aid workers being killed in Gaza?
Mar. 19 | Luke Siddham Dundon spoke with Anera's Sean Carroll and Save the Children's Alexandra Saieh about the extreme dangers facing humanitarian workers and civilians generally in Gaza. Listen to the segment.
Time Magazine
Ramy Youssef Is Tired of Apologizing
Mar. 19 | An excerpt: "The topical nature of his special is in keeping with how he shows up in public: Youssef is among several artists calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, and he has donated some proceeds of his standup tour to the Palestinian NGO Anera." Read the article. See also a piece in ABC Australia.
Addustour
Palestinian business council in the UAE launches an initiative to collect donations for Gaza residents
Mar. 19 | The Palestinian Business Council in Dubai and the Northern Emirates announced its support for Dubai Cares’ Ramadan campaign, Gaza in Our Hearts, to provide emergency relief to the residents of Gaza in cooperation with Anera. Read the article. (Arabic). See also reports in Gulf News, The National, MENAFN, and Viory.
Electronic Intifada
US charity demands probe into killing of Gaza aid worker
Mar. 18 | Maureen Clare Murphy writes about the killing of Anera's Mousa Shawwa. Read the article.
CBC News
Ship Carrying 200 Tonnes of Aid Spotted Off Gaza Coast As Palestinians Await Delivery
Mar. 15 | Hannah Thibedeau speaks with Anera's Sean Carroll. Watch the segment.
ABC News Live
Aid group CEO speaks on difficulty of getting humanitarian aid into Gaza
Mar. 15 | Anera's Sean Carroll speaks with Diane Macedo about the difficulty of getting humanitarian aid into Gaza. Watch the segment.
Washington Post
On Gaza aid, U.S. seeks complex workarounds to straightforward problem
Mar. 15 | Sammy Westfall quotes Anera's Sean Carroll from his recent New Yorker interview. An excerpt: “There is kind of a craziness to this: the U.S. is announcing the building of the pier in order to get more aid in, because we’re failing to get stuff in the land crossings, which already exist.” Read the article.
New Yorker
Why Biden’s Floating Pier Is Unlikely to Meet Gaza’s Needs
Mar. 14 | Isaac Chotiner spoke by phone with Anera's Sean Carroll, on why a temporary pier is likely to be insufficient to deliver sufficient aid, why the recent airdrops of food did not meet expectations, and how Anera’s staff in Gaza is providing food for starving families. Read the article.
Wall Street Journal
Diaper Prices Up 600%: Inflation, Cash Shortages Compound Pain in Gaza
Mar. 14 | Omar Abdel-Baqui and Abeer Ayyoub report on how Palestinians are draining savings and struggling to get cash to pay for the limited food and essentials available. Anera is quoted. Read the article.
National (UAE)
How to donate to Ramadan campaigns in UAE providing emergency relief to Gaza
Mar. 13 | Dubai Cares, in collaboration with Anera, is running the Gaza in Our Hearts campaign to deliver food and tents to the hungry and displaced in Gaza during the holy month, with UAE residents urged to contribute directly via SMS, online or by making a direct financial donation through bank deposit. Read the article.
New York Times
Why Are Aid Workers Getting Killed in Gaza?
Mar. 12 | Editorial board member Farah Stockman writes about the killing of Mousa Shawwa, a longtime Anera staff member. An excerpt: "Anera deserves answers, and without brave and resourceful aid workers like Shawwa, American aid will be undeliverable, stuck on a makeshift pier." Read the opinion piece.
HuffPost
Israel’s Limits On Aid For Gaza Make U.S. Military Support Illegal, Activists Argue
Mar. 12 | Akbar Shahid Ahmed writeup on a letter sent by a number of humanitarian and rights groups to President Joe Biden. The article notes that "U.S.-backed Israeli attacks have also killed multiple aid workers. On March 8, an Israeli airstrike killed Mousa Shawwa, an employee of the humanitarian group Anera, which signed on to the Tuesday letter to Biden." Read the story.
Mother Jones
“A Shimmering Stunt”: The Problem With US Airdrops of Food Into Gaza
Mar. 6 | Isabela Dias spoke to Dave Harden, a former USAID mission director to West Bank and Gaza and senior adviser to Barack Obama’s Special Envoy for Middle East Peace. An excerpt: "A very small NGO, Anera, does 150,000 meals a day. They do four times the amount of meals that the United States Air Force did, but every single day." Read the article.
Good Good Good
Glennon Doyle's nonprofit raised over $1M to provide aid to Palestinians in Gaza, Rafah
Mar. 6 | Article on the nonprofit Together Rising, which has utilized grassroots philanthropy to fundraise hundreds of thousands of dollars for humanitarian relief to Gaza, delivered through their boots-on-the-ground partners Anera and Middle East Children’s Alliance. Read the article.
Times (UK)
Fight against famine: why aid is not getting into Gaza
Mar. 2 | Rachel Lavin and Venetia Menzies note that two thirds of international aid to Gaza is coming through five main charities, including Anera. Read the article.
CNN International
More than 100 civilians killed in Gaza while waiting for aid, Palestinian health ministry says
Feb. 29 | Julia Chatterley speaks to the president and CEO of Anera about the challenges of getting aid into Gaza. Watch the interview.
Gulf News
Dubai Cares launches ‘Gaza In Our Hearts’ Ramadan campaign
Feb. 28 | The organization is partnering with Anera in its fundraising drive to deliver meals, food baskets, fire-resistant and waterproof tents to civilians in Gaza. Read the article. Also covered by Government of Dubai and Dubai Eye.
Al Wattan
Bank of Palestine partners with and Anera and others to provide relief for the displaced in Gaza
Feb. 18 | The Bank of Palestine is partnering with Anera and others to aid thousands of displaced families in shelters in southern Gaza. Read the press release. (Arabic)
The Hill
Gaza’s health care crisis is horrifying — and getting worse
Feb. 17 | The health care crisis in Gaza is unthinkably grim, even by the standards of war-ravaged regions. Anera's Sean Carroll is quoted. Read the article.
The Tonight Show (Virgin Media)
Rafah Under Grave Threat
Feb. 12 | Anera's Sean Carroll joins a panel with host Claire Brock on the Irish television program The Tonight Show on February 12, 2024 to discuss the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Watch the interview (segment runs from minute 23:25 to 36:45).
Palestine TV
The Role of Community Organizations in Assisting Refugees
Feb. 12 | Anera's Naser Qadous, who manages our agricultural programs and has also been heavily involved in coordinating Anera's emergency response for Gaza, speaks with Palestine TV on February 12, 2024 about the response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Watch the interview. (Arabic)
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: U.S. tax dollars should be funding humanitarian relief work in Gaza, not destroying it
Jan. 30 | "By prioritizing an immediate cease-fire and the funding of aid for Gaza through humanitarian organizations, the Biden administration could stem further devastation and support a future for both Palestinians and Israelis based on human dignity." Read the full story.
KEYT News, Santa Barbara
Direct Relief’s humanitarian supply chain solid and separate from UNRWA
Jan. 29 | "This won't have any direct impact on our ability to get aid in," said Tony Morain, Direct Relief's Vice President of Communications. "We have been going through a different channel, working with Anera and Jordanian-based aid groups." Read the full story.
Pittsburgh City Paper
Pittsburgh musicians show support for Palestinian refugees with benefit show at Spirit
Jan. 29 | Organizers are hosting a Gaza Benefit Show in Pittsburgh on Feb. 1, featuring five Pittsburgh music scene staples. Proceeds from the show at the Lawrenceville venue Spirit will go to Anera to aid refugees in the West Bank and Gaza impacted by the ongoing war. Read the full story.
Vanity Fair
Ramy Youssef’s Big Year: Poor Things, The Bear, Taylor Swift, and More
Jan. 22 | Vanity Fair interviews comedian Ramy Youssef, including about his support for sending humanitarian relief into Gaza through Anera. Read the full story.
Huffington Post
Gaza Hospitals Overrun With Pregnant Women And Newborns — Despite U.S. Promises Of Aid
Jan. 18 | More than 100 days into the U.S.-backed Israeli offensive in Gaza, women in the besieged Palestinian enclave are giving birth in overcrowded shelters or tents, premature babies are dying without access to hospital incubators, and dire food shortages are leaving newborns malnourished. Read the full story.
Roya News
39 planes, 188 trucks of aid sent from Jordan to Gaza, says JHCO
Jan. 18 | The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization has partnered with Anera and a number of UN agencies, international NGOs, private institutions and pharmaceutical companies to send planes and trucks of humanitarian supplies, including food, medical, shelter, and relief materials to the people of Gaza. Read the full story. The story was also picked up by Jordan News.
DevEx
The insider perspective on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Jan. 11 | Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sits down with Mercy Corps' Arnaud Quemin, Anera's Saddam Sayyaleh, and Devex Managing Editor Anna Gawel to discuss the Gaza conflict and the top development stories from the past week. Listent to his interview.
BBC World News
Gaza-run health ministry: 162 killed in past 24 hours
Jan. 5 | Sean Carroll talks with BBC World News about the challenges to delivering aid in Gaza amid the war and humanitarian crisis. Watch his interview.
Voice Of Islam Radio (UK)
Israel-Gaza: unexpected global consequences
Jan. 3 | Saddam Sayyaleh speaks with the hosts of the Breakfast Show Podcast on the Voice Of Islam Radio. Listen to his interview (segment begins at 1:01:20).