{"id":2396741,"date":"2025-01-29T19:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T00:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-cast-doubt-on-white-houses-condoms-for-gaza-claim-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T19:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T00:35:15","slug":"experts-cast-doubt-on-white-houses-condoms-for-gaza-claim-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-cast-doubt-on-white-houses-condoms-for-gaza-claim-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts cast doubt on White House&#8217;s condoms for Gaza claim &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexperts-cast-doubt-on-white-houses-condoms-for-gaza-claim-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2396741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House recently claimed \u2064that it rescinded\u2062 a\u2064 $50 million shipment \u2062of condoms intended for\u2064 Gaza, a statement\u2062 made by press secretary \u200cKaroline Leavitt during a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#039;Trump is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a>. This\u2062 assertion has garnered skepticism from\u200b experts adn examination of \u2063past data. A recent report from the\u2062 U.S.\u200b Agency for International Advancement (USAID) revealed that only $60.8 million was spent globally on \u200ba range of contraceptives \u2064in fiscal 2023,with a \u200cminimal portion,around 12%,allocated to male condoms. Most contraceptive supplies were directed to Africa, while Gaza received no \u2063condom shipments. experts suggest that the claim may stem from a\u200c misinterpretation of funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-lawmaker-pushes-sex-ed-overhaul-teaching-gender-identity-to-5-year-olds-anal-sex-to-11-year-olds\/\" title=\"New York Lawmaker Pushes Sex Ed Overhaul: Teaching \u2018Gender Identity\u2019 To 5-Year-Olds, \u2018Anal Sex\u2019 To 11-Year-Olds\">sexual health services<\/a> rather than a specific allocation for condoms.\u200d Matthew Kavanagh,\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-marty-makary-criticizes-highly-partisan-experts-for-changing-medical-community-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"Dr. Marty Makary slams &#039;partisan&#039; experts for altering medical community in pandemic.\">public\u200b health expert<\/a>, dismissed the $50 million condom claim, reinforcing the notion that this seems to be a mischaracterization.Further discussions indicated potential confusion over \u200ba separate $83.5 million grant aimed\u2064 at HIV prevention\u200c in Gaza. Critics \u2064have pointed out that the logistics claimed by \u2064the\u200b White House are implausible, highlighting a miscommunication regarding healthcare funding\u2062 in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Experts and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">unearthed report cast doubt<\/a> on White House&rsquo;s condoms for Gaza claim<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1955952\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House's\">White House&rsquo;s<\/a> claim that it halted $50 million worth of condoms to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Gaza\">Gazans<\/a> has come under scrutiny after experts shared insight and a previous report was unearthed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In her first White House press conference, press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the Department of Government Efficiency had identified $50 million for condoms in Gaza, a claim repeated by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;DOGE and [Office of Management and Budget] also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza,&rdquo; Leavitt said. &ldquo;That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An administrative official speaking with the <em>Independent<\/em> on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/karoline-leavitt-condoms-gaza-doge-b2688322.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">stood by<\/a> the claim, saying it was part of a larger humanitarian shipment for Gaza.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What evidence exists?<\/h2>\n<p>The claim quickly drew skeptics. The most recent, in-depth report from the U.S. Agency for International Development, covering fiscal 2023, reported $60.8 million spent globally for contraceptives of all types, including injectable contraceptives, contraceptive implants, male condoms, female condoms, intrauterine devices, and others. Injectibles and implants made up two-thirds of contraceptives purchased, while male condoms stood at 12%. In total, 137,790,000 male condoms were purchased.<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming majority of contraceptives were shipped to Africa. Notably, Taliban-controlled Afghanistan received a substantial shipment of male condoms and other contraceptives, representing a 293% increase in delivered value from the year before &mdash; totaling $1.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East received its first contraceptive shipment since fiscal 2019 in fiscal 2023, but this consisted entirely of injectables and oral contraceptives, went entirely to Jordan, and was valued at just $45,680.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experts respond<\/h2>\n<p>In-depth data isn&rsquo;t yet available for fiscal 2024, but those familiar with the matter doubted Leavitt&rsquo;s claims.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have asked around, and no one is sure what this is referring to,&rdquo; Steve Fake, a spokesman for the aid nonprofit group Anera, which has partnered with USAID on a $50 million health initiative in Gaza, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/29\/politics\/gaza-condoms-fact-check\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The program has &ldquo;definitely no purchase of condoms,&rdquo; and Fake added, &ldquo;Our whole program is $50 [million] and represents a significant portion of total US aid going to Gaza.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oneill.law.georgetown.edu\/experts\/matthew-m-kavanagh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew Kavanagh<\/a>, director of Georgetown University&rsquo;s Center for Global Health Policy and Politics, told the outlet that he hasn&rsquo;t found any evidence of Leavitt&rsquo;s claim.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It seems clear to me there was no $50 million in condoms going to Gaza. That is, at best, a mischaracterization,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Miller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees\/\" title=\"Pentagon Pauses Plan To Offer Vaccines To Guantanamo Bay Detainees\">deputy assistant secretary<\/a> for Israeli-Palestinian affairs under former President Joe Biden, said the claim was a &ldquo;feverish dream,&rdquo; but suggested it could contain a grain of truth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s possible that $50 million is put aside for sexual health or something of that nature, which would include gynecology and many other services, but definitely not condoms alone,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Data analyst DataRepublican on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DataRepublican\/status\/1884697349605515579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suggested\">suggested<\/a> that the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DataRepublican\/status\/1884695749717602487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suggested\">confusion<\/a> may have been regarding an $83.5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/joeisdone.github.io\/award_search\/?keywords=RZ4NKR9DQN84+INGAZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suggested\">grant<\/a> for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, aimed at combating HIV and providing sexual health services for people in Gaza, a province in Mozambique.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It took me some manual analysis because there is a misspelling in the award grant (&#8220;INGAZA&#8221;), but there does indeed appear to be a 83 million grant for STD prevention in Gaza. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FLp1JiyhuU\">pic.twitter.com\/FLp1JiyhuU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataRepublican\/status\/1884689831051354264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refugeesinternational.org\/authors\/jeremy-konyndyk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeremy Konyndyk<\/a>, president of the advocacy organization Refugees International and a USAID official during the Biden and Obama administrations, gave a less charitable interpretation in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeremyKonyndyk\/status\/1884669087374004430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post\">post<\/a> on X, pointing out that the USAID acquires condoms for about 5 cents a piece, meaning it would be procuring almost 1 billion condoms for the enclave of roughly 2 million.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What&rsquo;s going is here is NOT a billion condoms for Gaza. What&rsquo;s going on is that the bros at DOGE apparently can&rsquo;t read govt spreadsheets,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House&rsquo;s claim came soon after a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-quietly-spent-15-mil-to-distribute-contraceptives-and-condoms-in-afghanistan-and-said-doing-so-would-take-some-coordination-with-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> from the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> claiming that the Biden administration had privately spent $15 million on condoms and other contraceptives in Afghanistan, citing a nonpublic congressional funding notice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The notice noted that &ldquo;some coordination&rdquo; with the Taliban was &ldquo;necessary for programmatic purposes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>USAID has been shipping condoms and other contraceptives to less-industrialized countries since the 1960s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1955952\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1955952\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts question White House&#8217;s $50M condom claim for Gaza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2396742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028670727897.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7380,28492,4521,20083,32127],"class_list":["post-2396741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-misinformation","tag-condoms","tag-experts","tag-gaza","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028670727897.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396745,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396741\/revisions\/2396745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}