Alex Colston

US Journalists on Aid Flotillas Allege Israeli Soldier Abuse A recent panel of three US journalists aboard the Gaza aid flotillas say they faced assault and threats from Israeli soldiers — and that the US government did little to help them.

"Here are a bunch of unarmed people with baby formula on a ship, and then there’s this elite navy who are just armed to the fucking teeth ... there to intercept us."

I wrote in @jacobinmag.bsky.social about @freedom.press' recent panel with 3 U.S. journalists who were aboard the Gaza aid flotillas.

Drop Site @DropSiteNews ⚡️NEW from Drop Site: A Single Warehouse in Jersey City Moved Over A Thousand Tons of Military Cargo to Israel Every Week Three New Jersey-based logistics companies have worked for decades with Israel's Ministry of Defense, U.S. contractors, and weapons manufacturers to ship military equipment from the U.S to Israel. By @jlosc9 and @enoughformethx

⚡️NEW from Drop Site:
A Single Warehouse in Jersey City Moved Over A Thousand Tons of Military Cargo to Israel Every Week

3 NJ-based logistics companies have worked for decades with Israel's Ministry...

By Jose Olivares (X: @jlosc9) and @recolston.bsky.social

www.dropsitenews.com/p/jersey-cit...

"A so-called precept in the practice of news coverage is that 'if it bleeds, it leads.' Well, apparently, if a Palestinian is bleeding, this isn’t true."

Read @recolston.bsky.social's thoughts after his detention by Israel in @thenation.com. And RSVP to hear more from him and others in 30 minutes.

🔔 Tomorrow: Join us for a conversation with journalists abducted by Israel from Gaza aid flotillas, featuring @recolston.bsky.social, Emily Wilder, and Noa Avishag Schnall, and moderated by @chipgibbons.bsky.social.

🗓️ Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST

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Join us for a conversation with journalists abducted from Gaza aid flotillas. Monday, Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas

🔔 Join us for a conversation with journalists abducted from Gaza aid flotillas, featuring @recolston.bsky.social, Emily Wilder, and Noa Avishag Schnall, moderated by @chipgibbons.bsky.social.

🗓️ Monday, Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST

RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas

A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla A so-called precept in the practice of news coverage is that “if it bleeds, it leads.” Well, apparently, if a Palestinian is bleeding, this isn’t true.

This is a must-read essay by @recolston.bsky.social, who was one of the journalists aboard one of the ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla and was detained by the Israeli military for five days last month, in @thenation.com.

A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla

A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla A so-called precept in the practice of news coverage is that “if it bleeds, it leads.” Well, apparently, if a Palestinian is bleeding, this isn’t true.

This piece from @recolston.bsky.social in @thenation.com (recommended by the always astute @studyhall.bsky.social) is such a smart meditation on the myth of objectivity and the structural problems of news media ❤️

Returning to Shujaiya: Palestinians Are Going Back to Gaza City Despite Proximity of Israeli Troops Parts of Shujaiya lie inside the “yellow line,” an invisible demarcation where the Israeli military withdrew as part of the initial phase of the ceasefire agreement.

⚡️New from Drop Site: Returning to Shujaiya: Palestinians Are Going Back to Gaza City Despite Proximity of Israeli Troops

Parts of Shujaiya lie inside the “yellow line,” an invisible demarcation where the Israeli military withdrew

By Abdel Qader Sabbah

www.dropsitenews.com/p/shujaiya-p...

A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla A so-called precept in the practice of news coverage is that “if it bleeds, it leads.” Well, apparently, if a Palestinian is bleeding, this isn’t true.

A so-called precept in the practice of news coverage is that “if it bleeds, it leads.” Well, apparently, if a Palestinian is bleeding, this isn’t true.

“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.” Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as the ceasefire takes effect.

⚡️NEW from Drop Site News: “We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”

Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as the ceasefire takes effect.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journ...

A flotilla reporter detained by Israel. “One of the port authority people or naval people put their foot on my head and told me to sit on my knees: Don’t move.”

A Reporter Was on a Flotilla Bound for Gaza. Israel Detained Him—and Some Twenty Other Members of the Press. Read Aida Alami. www.cjr.org/news/reporte...

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“I was beaten, blindfolded… we were kept up all hours… they played a loop of Oct. 7 footage the whole time we were there.”

Drop Site’s Alex Colston @recolston.bsky.social describes the 4 nights & 5 days he spent at Israel’s Ketziot Prison after being illegally detained from the Gaza-bound flotilla.

“We are in completely uncharted waters here…Never has there been this much public pressure.”

Speaking from the Global Sumud Flotilla, Drop Site editor Alex Colston said the best outcome would be forcing open a sustained…

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Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) update, September 25: Greek ships join the fleet of over 50 ships, Italy sends a second naval vessel alongside Spain’s navy escort, and GSF claims credible intelligence of further Israeli attacks.

Report by Drop Site’s @recolston.bsky.social and photo by Enzo Pianetti.

⛵️ Global Sumud Flotilla Update, September 20: 40+ Boats Continue Toward Greece, Four Boats from Tunisia Break Down, and Greta Thunberg Steps Back from Steering Committee.

The Barcelona, Tunisia, and Italy fleets now sail together in unison, with the majority of those ships—over 40—smoothly...

🚢 The Global Sumud Flotilla—the largest civilian mission to break Gaza’s siege—launches today, with 50+ ships from 44 countries. Drop Site editor Alex Colston is on board and will be reporting live as it sails from Barcelona toward Gaza.

In Gaza, Hunger Has Overtaken Bombs as Israel’s Cruelest Weapon "We do not need pity. We need pressure on those who are blocking food, those who remain silent, and those who still have the power to stop this but choose not to."

⚡️In Gaza, Hunger Has Overtaken Bombs as Israel’s Cruelest Weapon

"We do not need pity. We need pressure on those who are blocking food, those who remain silent, and those who still have the power to stop this but choose not to."

✍️ By Heba Almaqadma

www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-city-...

A Pro-Israel Nonprofit is Funneling News Content Through Bari Weiss’s "Free Press" As Weiss’s news organization explores a deal to sell to CBS, much of its content on the Middle East is produced by a shadowy think tank tied to pro-Israel advocacy.

'A Pro-Israel Nonprofit is Funneling News Content Through Bari Weiss’s "Free Press"'

As Weiss’s organization explores a deal to sell to CBS, much of its MidEast content is produced by a shadowy think tank tied to pro-Israel advocacy, per @dropsitenews.com.

The Professors Who Supported the Student Deportation Frenzy GoFundMe donations, social media posts, and board memberships reveal how a handful of faculty members are backing Zionist doxxing outfits.

NEW: While many academics worried about danger to free speech in higher ed during Trump admin's arrests of students for pro-Palestine speech, some liberal arts professors were supporting the groups looking to detain students...sometimes on their own campuses.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/documentin...

To the Field First, Comrades! The NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has pulled off another stunning upset through Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. An insider shares DSA’s grassroots strategy.

⚡️To the Field First, Comrades!

The NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has pulled off another stunning upset through Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. An insider shares DSA’s grassroots strategy.

By Michael Thomas Carter for @dropsitenews.com

www.dropsitenews.com/p/zohran-mam...

REPORT: Biden Officials Admit They Never Pressured Israel for Ceasefire, as Israeli Leaders Boast of Playing Washington

Here’s what the investigation revealed: 🧵⬇️

NEW: Noor Abdalla, an American citizen of Syrian descent and eight months pregnant, spoke with @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social about the Trump administration’s efforts to deport her husband, Mahmoud Khalil.

“First, They Came for Mahmoud Khalil” Those close to him tell the story of a man whose journey took him from being a "double refugee" to scholar to political prisoner.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud-kh...

“First, They Came for Mahmoud Khalil” Those close to him tell the story of a man whose journey took him from being a "double refugee" to scholar to political prisoner.

Little has been reported about the life of Mahmoud Khalil before the Trump administration treated him as a public enemy and scapegoat for pro-Palestine advocacy. Drop Site News paints a fuller picture of him and the scenes on Columbia’s campus.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud-kh...

“First, They Came for Mahmoud Khalil” Those close to him tell the story of a man whose journey took him from being a "double refugee" to scholar to political prisoner.

“First, They Came for Mahmoud Khalil” — Meghnad Bose and two student journalists at Columbia deeply report the story of a man whose journey took him from being a "double refugee" to scholar to political prisoner. Read at @dropsitenews.com 🔽
www.dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud-kh...

That’s right

One challenge Palestine presents (among many) is keeping your heart open to the murdered & debilitated men, women and children who suffer Israel's genocidal aggression. To ensure you still feel their pain as your own as you should with any human being but particularly the people murdered in our name

🚨 At least 112 people killed in renewed Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.

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