Jessica Le Masurier

Jessica Le Masurier is a New York and UN correspondent for France 24. She has both a bachelor's degree, with honors, and a master's degree in modern languages and literature from Oxford University.

‘Weaponizing Aid’: New Plan Calls for Private Contractors to Take Over From UN in Gaza

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), created in February and led by “seasoned crisis operators,” will rely on US-based contractors — including one led by a former head of the CIA’s paramilitary arm — to guard aid “hubs” it plans to …

 

Fogbow, a US Firm With Military Links, Eyes Maritime Plan for Gaza Aid

A private US firm run by former military and ex-CIA members is pushing plans to build a movable jetty off Gaza’s coast so more lifesaving goods can get into the besieged Palestinian enclave. But UN officials, aid workers and several …

 

Biden’s Gaza War Policy ‘Has Failed’: Why a US Diplomat Quit the State Dept.

Welcome to a special episode of PassBlue podcast series UNSCripted. I’m Jessica Le Masurier, and I’m joined by Hala Rharrit, the Arabic language spokesperson for the Mideast-North Africa region for the United States State Department who recently resigned in protest …

 

‘Flour Massacre’: Lifesaving Aid Becomes a Deadly Struggle in Gaza

At dawn on Thursday morning in Gaza City, photographer Mohammed Hajjar got word that trucks carrying food had finally made it into the capital of the besieged Palestinian enclave. At 4 A.M., he went with his brother to the neighboring …

 

As Donors Suspend Critical Funding to UNRWA, Allegations Against Staff Remain Murky

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced on January 26 that it had terminated the contracts of several employees pending an investigation into Israeli allegations that they had been involved in Hamas’s October 7 attacks in Israel. The move …

 
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