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Drop Site Daily: January 27, 2026

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Leaked Document Outlines Trump’s Plan to Rule Gaza

The so-called Board of Peace that President Donald Trump officially launched in Davos, Switzerland last week is developing sweeping plans for a…

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Eject Elbit Is Pushing Capital One to Drop $90M Loan to Israel's Largest Weapons Manufacturer

Protesters across several cities are acting against the bank for funding Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, as company employees face censorship…

Jan 26 • Christopher Ketcham

Exclusive: Leaked “Board of Peace” Resolution Outlines U.S.-Led Plan to Rule Over Gaza

The draft framework, obtained by Drop Site, would bestow sweeping authority on Trump to determine all aspects of Gaza’s governance and future.

Jan 26 • Jonathan Whittall

Israel kills three Palestinians in Gaza as last Israeli captive is returned; U.S. protests escalate after Minnesota ICU nurse is executed by…

Drop Site Daily: January 26, 2026

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CBP Agent Guns Down Minneapolis Nurse: Video Analysis

Meghnad Bose, Rana Roudi, and Ryan Grim break down video obtained by Drop Site showing CBP’s killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti on Saturday.

Jan 25 • Meghnad Bose, Rana Roudi, and Ryan Grim

Israel Is Turning the Yellow Line Splitting Gaza into a Physical Barrier

Last month, the Israeli military began constructing earth berms in areas along the yellow line, physically cutting off Palestinians from the…

Jan 23 • Forensic Architecture and Drop Site News

Five Palestinians killed in Gaza amid Trump's "Board of Peace" rollout; House passes spending package that funds DHS despite ICE abuses in…

Drop Site Daily: January 23, 2026

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Syrian Government Gains Ground in Northeast Syria After Arab Tribes Defect Against Kurdish SDF

As the Syrian president signed a fragile ceasefire in Damascus, on the ground in Deir Ez-Zour and Raqqa, sporadic fighting continues between the SDF and…

Jan 22 • C.P. Ward

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Notes from the Ground: Reflections on a Month That Shook Iran

Kaveh Rostamkhani, a photographer and essayist, speaks to Drop Site about what he saw and felt over the past several weeks inside Iran

Jan 22 • Drop Site News

Trump officially launches "Board of Peace"; Rafah crossing said to reopen next week; ICE memo authorizes home entries without judge’s…

Drop Site Daily: January 22, 2026

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“Praise Allah, There Are Still People Like You”: Jeffrey Epstein Nurtured Israel-Emirates Ties Before Abraham Accords

Epstein leveraged his friendship with the chief of DP World to pitch Israeli logistics infrastructure and cybersecurity investments to the UAE.

Jan 14 • Murtaza Hussain and Ryan Grim

Epstein and Leviathan: How the Financier Opened Doors to Netanyahu and Ehud Barak Amid Israel's Offshore Gas Fight

Epstein advised on U.S. role in Israeli energy as Ehud Barak sought foreign partners to save gas monopoly.

Dec 29, 2025 • Murtaza Hussain and Ryan Grim

Epstein, Israel, and the CIA: How the Iran-Contra Planes Landed at Les Wexner's Base

Jeffrey Epstein helped Leslie Wexner repurpose the CIA’s Iran-Contra planes from arms smuggling to shipping lingerie.

Dec 19, 2025 • Ryan Grim, Murtaza Hussain, and Harrison Berger

"Ask Jeffrey": Epstein Ran Wexner's Pro-Israel Philanthropy Machine, Emails Reveal

The Wexner Foundation has long claimed Epstein "did not make decisions regarding the use of Foundation’s funds.” New emails show that is flagrantly…

Dec 10, 2025 • Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain

Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”

Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against…

Nov 25, 2025 • Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain

The Palestinian Resistance After October 7

The Unbreakable Nael Barghouti

After 45 years in Israeli captivity, the longest-held Palestinian prisoner speaks about his fight for liberation: “We deserve a state under the sun.”

Jan 19 • Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad

Hamas: We Did Not Surrender and Will Not Abandon Our Struggle for Liberation

As Trump scrambles to push his nebulous Gaza plan forward, the Palestinian resistance says Israel is continuing its pattern of abusing “peace…

Dec 19, 2025 • Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad

Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal: Trump Should Heed the Growing Calls Within MAGA and Reject Israel’s Agenda

In an exclusive interview, Meshaal makes the case that Trump should definitively end Israel’s multi-decade war of annihilation and open a new era in…

Dec 15, 2025 • Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad

Trump, Gaza, and Oslo Déjà Vu

The U.S. is pushing its colonialist plan, as Israel keeps killing. Mahmoud Abbas is changing election laws to ban Hamas. And a battle is brewing over…

Dec 1, 2025 • Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad

Weapons of Willpower: Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Trump's Gaza Plan

The UN put a stamp of legitimacy on President Trump’s colonialist plan for Gaza. In a Drop Site exclusive, Palestinian resistance leaders assess the…

Nov 23, 2025 • Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad

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Eject Elbit Is Pushing Capital One to Drop $90M Loan to Israel's Largest Weapons Manufacturer

Protesters across several cities are acting against the bank for funding Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, as company employees face censorship…

Jan 26 • Christopher Ketcham

CBP Agent Guns Down Minneapolis Nurse: Video Analysis

Meghnad Bose, Rana Roudi, and Ryan Grim break down video obtained by Drop Site showing CBP’s killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti on Saturday.

Jan 25 • Meghnad Bose, Rana Roudi, and Ryan Grim

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to Shutter After Workers Held Longest Strike in the History of U.S. Newspapers

Block Communications just closed its Pulitzer Prize–winning newspaper, but its workers hope to keep local journalism alive, with their strike paper in…

Jan 9 • Kim Kelly

BlackNest: Inside Canary Mission’s Secret Web of Unlisted Sites

One Canary Mission-affiliated website, BlackNest, reveals the group's internal operations, plans to expand, and how they celebrate deportations and…

Jan 6 • Jacqueline Sweet

Zohran Mamdani Has More Jewish Support Than You Think

While attention is on the new mayor’s revocation of pro-Israel executive orders, analysis reveals age and income shaped the Jewish vote more than…

Jan 5 • Michael Lange

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Notes from the Ground: Reflections on a Month That Shook Iran

Kaveh Rostamkhani, a photographer and essayist, speaks to Drop Site about what he saw and felt over the past several weeks inside Iran

Jan 22 • Drop Site News

The US-Israeli Agenda in Iran

Tehran University’s Foad Izadi says the U.S. and its allies want to balkanize Iran and take its oil and gas. They succeeded in a 1953 coup, he argues…

Jan 21 • Drop Site News

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“Total War For Survival”: Syria’s SDF Prepares for Showdown With Damascus

The Syrian government has been pressing forward with an offensive against the SDF alongside tenuous negotiations for a ceasefire in northeastern Syria.

Jan 20 • Drop Site News

The Unbreakable Nael Barghouti

After 45 years in Israeli captivity, the longest-held Palestinian prisoner speaks about his fight for liberation: “We deserve a state under the sun.”

Jan 19 • Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad

Rare Interview With Iran Protester and Crackdown Eyewitness

At Drop Site, our mission is to bring you journalism directly from the ground, handing the mic and the notebook to those who are living through what we…

Jan 17 • Ryan Grim

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