In conclussion I'm guessing you @echopulse are affiliated with the Nazi Party in some form or another....???
This is accounting of October 7th is something to get a cup and sit down and watch. Growing up in "The Troubles" era of Ireland one gets a pretty good sense of tall tales, things not passing the smell test. Over the years one finally hears the truth of something and you get wiser. At least you can tell believable lies from horseshit. This accounting seems as elegant and smells right, as we have ever got so far. Double Down News is a very activist UK left source but this is him talking about a documentary.
Boston Consulting Group This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. (April 2025) For other uses, see BCG (disambiguation). Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) is an American global management consulting firm founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.[3] It is one of the "Big Three" (or MBB, the world's three largest management consulting firms by revenue) along with McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company. Since 2021, BCG has been led by the German executive Christoph Schweizer.[4][5][6] Palestine Involvement with Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and Subsequent Fallout Between October 2024 and May 2025 BCG helped design and run the business operations of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation[30][31], which in turn has been linked to US-based private security firms, and is being investigated over the identity of its donors.[32] In June 2025, BCG terminated its contract with the GHF. It had said that the work was done "pro bono" but The Washington Post reported that BCG submitted invoices of over $1 million per month.[33] BCG then fired two senior partners, calling the work they oversaw for GHF "unauthorized".[34] The two senior partners dismissed by BCG were Matt Schlueter and Ryan Ordway, both from the firm’s U.S. defense and security practice, who did not disclose the full nature of their engagement and oversaw the GHF work without authorization.[35] It was later revealed by the Financial Times that BCG's work was more extensive than previously disclosed, covering more than $4 million of contracted work. It also included modeling work on the postwar reconstruction of Gaza, including cost estimates for giving hundreds of thousands of Gazans 'relocation packages' worth $9,000 per person in exchange for them leaving the territory.[31] Save the Children suspended its partnership with BCG as a result of BCG's work with the GHF and for "modelling a plan to forcibly relocate Palestinians from Gaza".[36] Involvement in Gaza redevelopment proposal In 2024, Boston Consulting Group was reported to have contributed financial modelling to a postwar redevelopment proposal for the Gaza Strip. The plan, referred to as the Great Trust, was developed by a group of Israeli businessmen and shared with the Trump administration. It envisioned transforming Gaza into a trading and industrial hub, featuring projects such as a “Trump Riviera” and an “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone.” According to the Financial Times, the proposal included controversial measures such as offering financial incentives for up to 500,000 Palestinians to leave the territory.[37]
Etymology: Schweitzer : German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): ethnic name for a native or inhabitant of Switzerland from Middle High German swizer German Schweizer
Behind a paywall BCG chief admits Gaza work was ‘reputationally very damaging’ Ellesheva Kissin, Mehul Srivastava and Stephen Foley Jul 9, 2025 https://www.afr.com/companies/profe...-reputationally-very-damaging-20250709-p5mdkp London/New York | BCG’s chief executive said its involvement with a postwar plan for Gaza that envisioned relocating a quarter of the population had been “reputationally very damaging”, as the Save the Children charity halted a two-decade partnership with the firm. As he tried to limit the fallout, Christoph Schweizer said the “profoundly disappointing” episode was the result of “deliberate individual misconduct, and it was enabled by unwarranted process exceptions, missed warning signs and misplaced trust”. He promised a “firm-wide remediation effort” in a letter to alumni. Christoph Schweizer: “This work was explicitly prohibited, and BCG disavows it.” Bloomberg The message came amid international criticism of the consulting firm and concern from clients. Save the Children’s chief executive Inger Ashing told the charity’s staff this week that it was “appalled and deeply disturbed” to learn BCG had modelled the costs of relocating Palestinians out of the Strip. Schweizer said: “This work was explicitly prohibited, and BCG disavows it.” The partner involved “ignored a direct instruction and proceeded anyway, coordinating a small, off-the-books team and executing the work outside BCG systems and approvals. “Even if this was not in any way, shape, or form a formal BCG project, our association with it is real, deeply troubling, and reputationally very damaging.“ The two partners leading the project were fired in early June. The FT has revealed that their team helped model the costs of relocating Palestinians as part of a project to imagine a rebuilt postwar Gaza as a regional trading hub.
China to improve Iran's air defense capacity with new transfer of HQ-9B missile batteries. 8 Jul, 2025 Defense News Army 2025 https://www.armyrecognition.com/new...-with-new-transfer-of-hq-9b-missile-batteries According to Arab intelligence sources cited by Middle East Eye on July 7, 2025, Iran has received deliveries of Chinese-made HQ-9B long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries in the weeks following a de facto ceasefire with Israel on June 24, 2025. The acquisition reportedly occurred under a barter arrangement in which Tehran compensated Beijing with oil shipments, a method previously used to circumvent U.S. sanctions. The HQ-9B has not yet been used in active combat, but Chinese military exercises have simulated intercepts of stealth targets, high-speed projectiles, and electronic countermeasure scenarios, including those involving cruise missiles and low-observable aircraft. (Picture source: Chinese MoD) Continues....
Former DOGE official rushed grant to Trump-backed Gaza aid group over staff objections https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...-backed-gaza-aid-group-over-staff-2025-07-09/ State Department foreign aid chief waives nine mandatory safeguards for $30 million grant More than 500 Palestinians have been killed near aid group's distribution sites Email cites 'strong Admin support' for controversial aid group WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - A top U.S. State Department official waived nine mandatory counterterrorism and anti-fraud safeguards to rush a $30 million award last month to a Gaza aid group backed by the Trump administration and Israel, according to an internal memorandum seen by Reuters. Jeremy Lewin, a former Department of Government Efficiency associate, signed off on the award despite an assessment in the memorandum that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's (GHF) funding plan failed to meet required "minimum technical or budgetary standards." The June 24 action memorandum to Lewin was sent by Kenneth Jackson, also a former DOGE operative who serves as an acting deputy U.S. Agency for International Development administrator. The pair has overseen the agency’s dismantling and the merger of its functions into the State Department. Lewin also overrode 58 objections that USAID staff experts wanted GHF to resolve in its application before the funds were approved, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Lewin, who runs the State Department's foreign aid program, cleared the funds only five days after GHF filed its proposal on June 19, according to the June 24 "action memorandum" bearing his signature seen by Reuters. "Strong Admin support for this one," Lewin wrote to USAID leaders in a June 25 email - also seen by Reuters - that urged disbursement of the funds by the agency "ASAP." The action memorandum was first reported by CNN. Lewin and Jackson did not respond to requests for comment. The documents underline the priority the Trump administration has given GHF despite the group's lack of experience and the killing of hundreds of Palestinians near its Gaza aid distribution hubs. GHF, which closely coordinates with the Israeli military, has acknowledged reports of violence but says they occurred beyond its operations area. Lewin noted in the email that he had discussed the funds with aides to Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's negotiator on Gaza, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio's office. He acknowledged that authorizing the funds would be controversial, writing: "I'm taking the bullet on this one." The White House did not respond to requests for comment. Witkoff and Rubio did not reply to a question about whether they were aware of and supported the decision to waive the safeguards. The State Department said in a statement that the $30 million was approved under a legal provision allowing USAID to expedite awards in response to "emergency situations" to "meet humanitarian needs as expeditiously as possible." "The GHF award remains subject to rigorous oversight, including of GHF’s operations and finances," the statement said. "As part of the award, GHF was subject to new control and reporting requirements." RAISING THE RISK In response to a request for comment, a GHF spokesperson said: "Our model is specifically designed to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. Every dollar we receive is safeguarded to ensure all resources — which will eventually include American taxpayer funds — reach the people of Gaza." The spokesperson added that such requests for clarification from the U.S. government about fund applications were routine. Speaking about the nine conditions that were waived, the spokesperson said: "We are addressing each question as per regulations and normal procedure and will continue to do so as required." GHF says its operation is preventing Hamas from hijacking food aid and using it to control the enclave's population, charges denied by the Islamist militants who ran Gaza. In the June 24 action memorandum, Jackson wrote that GHF is “uniquely positioned to operate in areas with restricted access,” and said it has delivered millions of meals and diluted Hamas’ control over Gaza’s 2.1 million Palestinians. He acknowledged that GHF “is a new organization that has not met USAID’s various formal criteria for eligibility” for the $30 million award. Jackson listed nine conditions that applicants normally must satisfy before receiving USAID funds, explicitly outlining the terms of each and the risks of waiving them. For instance, he noted a “legal requirement” that aid organizations working in Gaza or the West Bank undergo vetting for ties to extremist organizations before they are awarded USAID funds, the document said. “Waiving the requirement could increase the risk” that an aid group, its subcontractors or vendors “could be found ineligible due to terrorism-related concerns,” said the document. Jackson also wrote that USAID was required to examine whether an organization has sufficient internal controls to manage awards. He warned that waiving the condition “could raise the risk of misuse of taxpayer resources,” according to the document. GHF submitted a plan – required prior to approval of funds – that was incomplete on how it would deal with legal and operational risks of operating in Gaza, the document said. Waiving the need for a full plan “could risk programmatic diversion, reputational harm, and potential violations of U.S. counterterrorism laws," it continued. Despite the risks, Jackson recommended waiving all nine requirements and allowing GHF to fulfill them later because of the "humanitarian and political urgency" of its operation, the memo said. Lewin checked a box labeled “Approve” on each of the recommendations, it showed. In addition to waiving the nine requirements, two sources familiar with the matter said, Lewin overrode 58 objections from USAID staff reviewing GHF's application. Two former top USAID officials said they had never heard of a senior official like Lewin expediting an award over the objections of professional staff. "I oversaw something like 1,500 grants. I never saw it happen," said Sarah Charles, who led USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance from 2021-2024. "Very occasionally, we would do the vetting after an award in a sudden onset emergency - think earthquake - but that was at the recommendation of staff." In the review, the USAID experts questioned how GHF would ensure the safety of Palestinians collecting food packages at its sites; whether its staff had proper humanitarian training and its plans to distribute powdered infant formula in an enclave with scarce access to clean drinking water, the sources said.