Murtaza Hussain

6 days ago | dropsitenews.com | Murtaza Hussain |Ryan Grim

My Counter Points colleague Emily Jashinsky obtained the marketing material Punchbowl News shares with potential sponsors—watch her report here—and it’s a stunning look into the gobsmacking amount of money sloshing around Washington. Here’s the document. One tidbit: a weeklong sponsorship of the morning newsletter will run you $210,000. Summits and editorial events featuring two lawmakers go for $355,000; if you only want one lawmaker, the cost comes down to $325,000.

1 week ago | dropsitenews.com | Murtaza Hussain |Shuaib Almosawa |Ryan Grim

On the morning of May 4, a ballistic missile launched by the Yemeni militant group Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, exploded hundreds of meters from the main terminal of David Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. Israeli and U.S. air defense batteries failed to intercept the missile, which sent travelers and staff scrambling in panic.

2 weeks ago | dropsitenews.com | Murtaza Hussain

This morning, Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill spoke with Mohammad Alsaafin, a Palestinian independent journalist and senior producer for AJ+, about the state of “ceasefire” negotiations in Gaza, why disarmament is a red line for Palestinians, and the legacies of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Qassam Brigades commander Mohammed Deif. You can watch the full interview here.

4 weeks ago | intercept.com.br | Waqas Ahmed |Nicholas Rodelo |Ryan Grim |Murtaza Hussain

Dados internos da Meta, obtidos pelo Drop Site News, revelam que o governo de Israel teria orquestrado diretamente uma onda de censura, no Instagram e no Facebook, aos posts com críticas a Israel, ou o mais tênue apoio aos palestinos. A Meta atendeu a 94% dos pedidos de remoção de conteúdo enviados por Israel desde 7 de outubro de 2023, segundo os dados.

1 month ago | portside.org | Waqas Ahmed |Nicholas Rodelo |Ryan Grim |Murtaza Hussain

Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign To Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram Published April 13, 2025 A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to internal Meta data obtained by Drop Site News. The data show that Meta has complied with 94% of takedown requests issued by Israel since October 7, 2023.