The Unintended Impacts of ‘Material Support’: Us Anti-terrorism Regulations and Israeli/Palestinian Peacebuilding

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Notes

¹ The report cited (Lazarus et al. 2014) is one of three studies contributing to an ‘Evaluative Learning Review’ commissioned by CMM. See Allen et al. (2014).

² Criticism of MSC regulations as harmful was unanimous (100%) among 16 NGOs working ‘cross-border’, i.e. between Israeli Jews and Palestinians in the oPt.

³ It is important to note that ‘Vetting’ and the ATC are not policies devised by USAID, but US government-wide requirements derived from EO 13224 and applied globally, rather than specific to the Middle East. See USAID Automated Directives System (ADS) Chapter 303, M 12: Standard Provisions for U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations: http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1864/303maa.pdf, and M14: Standard Provisions for Non-U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations: http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1864/303mab.pdf

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Ned Lazarus

Ned Lazarus is Visiting Assistant Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University's Elliott School.

Michelle I. Gawerc

Michelle I. Gawerc is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at Loyola University Maryland.