Boston Consulting Group Helped Design Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Aid “Death Traps”

GHF, which now controls the operation, was launched by individuals with no background in humanitarian work—David Papazian, formerly with the Armenian National Interests Fund; Samuel Marcel Henderson; and David Kohler, CEO of Kohler Co. They are corporate executives, not aid workers.

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GHF’s newly appointed executive director is Jake Wood, a former U.S. Marine sniper turned disaster entrepreneur. After tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Wood founded Team Rubicon, an NGO that made its name in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.

But Team Rubicon is no ordinary aid group. It is closely partnered with Palantir Technologies—a CIA-backed data surveillance firm that equips the Israeli military with advanced targeting capabilities. Its board includes former CIA Director David Petraeus and financial backers from Goldman Sachs. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have publicly endorsed its work.

The GHF proposal reveals plans to work with both Truist Bank and JPMorgan Chase, and suggests Goldman Sachs is facilitating the organization’s financial infrastructure.

As for security, GHF is outsourcing protection of its aid zones to U.S.-based private military firms, some of which have direct ties to Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer. Two firms are already confirmed.

One, Safe Reach Solutions, is run by Philip F. Reilly, a former CIA paramilitary chief who also worked for Constellis, the rebranded face of Blackwater. While Erik Prince, Blackwater’s notorious founder, has not been directly linked to GHF, his newer mercenary firm, Reflex Responses, was previously proposed to secure Gaza’s Rafah crossing.

The second firm, UG Solutions, hired approximately 100 former special forces soldiers earlier this year to perform vehicle inspections in Gaza. They were reportedly paid $1,000 per day with a $10,000 upfront bonus. UG Solutions is headed by Jameson Govoni, a former special ops operative and co-founder of the Sentinel Foundation.

These contractors were also reportedly involved in staffing the Netzarim corridor, a road that bisects Gaza, during a recent ceasefire. Their presence on the ground—and the opacity around their funding—marks a new phase in the U.S. and Israeli campaign to dominate Gaza not just by bombs, but through control of the most basic elements of life: food, water, and movement.

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Jake Wood, a former U.S. marine and co-founder of the disaster relief group Team Rubicon, said in a statement that he had initially thought the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation would be able to execute a “pragmatic plan that could feed hungry people, address security concerns about diversion [of aid], and complement the work of longstanding [nongovernmental organizations] in Gaza.”

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (Wikipedia):

Executive director Jake Wood [Team Rubicon] asserted that he “‘unequivocally … will not be part of anything that forcibly dislocates or displaces the Palestinian population.’

“forcibly dislocates or displaces” links to Donald Trump’s Gaza Strip proposal:

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David Petraeus:

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U.S. State Department:

State Department considers giving $500 million to the new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

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More information:

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation document