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The American Freedom House Organization said the American rhetoric is not enough to support democracy in Egypt.

It demanded that The United States must pair its tough rhetoric on promoting democracy in the Middle East with genuine actions that support the region’s democratic activists, such as Egyptian political prisoner Ayman Nour.

The President's actions are motivated by a belief that foreign assistance supports the efforts of other U.S. foreign policy arms and bolsters U.S. global interests. According to the White House, the President vetoed the appropriations bill because it did "not [meet] the commitments that we've made, particularly in the Middle East....The President believes strongly of the benefits of engaging around the world, of the U.S. demonstrating our leadership." ¹

But the historical evidence reveals that this belief is not well founded. The fact is that U.S. assistance has had no discernable effect on encouraging support for U.S. policy goals by the recipients of U.S. foreign aid in

In 2001, US and Israeli delegates walked out of a similar conference in Durban, South Africa, when a draft document likened Zionism to racism.
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The 2001 draft expressed "deep concern" at the "increase of racist practices of Zionism and anti-Semitism".

Each day, Israeli and United Nations officials sit down together in an office in Tel Aviv, Israel, to debate what the most important things are to let into Gaza: tents for the thousands of Palestinians who don't have homes now or glass to replace the windows that the Israeli attacks shattered? Should shoes take priority over first aid kits? Is it more important to bring in diapers or shovels?

"We're at the stage now where, for all of us in the humanitarian aid community, this is an unacceptable process," said Charles Clayton, the head of the Association of International Development Agencies, an umbrella organization that represents 75 groups. "It's not the details - it's the entire process which is unacceptable."