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"Leadership Would Like Your Help": Indian Billionaire Tapped Jeffrey Epstein Before Modi's Visits to U.S. and Israel

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  "Leadership Would Like Your Help": Indian Billionaire Tapped Jeffrey Epstein Before Modi's Visits to U.S. and Israel New Department of Justice documents reveal Epstein’s direct role in fostering ties between Indian, Israeli, and U.S. elites. Meghnad Bose, Fatima Khan, and Biplob Kumar Das Feb 1 Documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday reveal previously unreported details about financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s role as a backroom power broker amid the rapid strengthening of India-Israel ties in 2017. Epstein connected an Indian billionaire close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak ahead of the first ever trip by an Indian PM to Israel . Days later, that billionaire, Anil Ambani , told Epstein after a visit to Delhi that “Leadership” wanted Epstein’s assistance for Ambani to meet “jared and Bannon asap,” and requested his “assistance” regarding Modi’s upcoming meeting with Trump. Modi’s...

“First, They Came for Mahmoud Khalil”

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  Become a paid subscriber  to gain access to our private Discord server, subscriber-only AMAs, chats, and invites to events. “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. Meghnad Bose Mar 23 ∙ Guest post Suddenly thrust into the media limelight—surrounded by recrimination and praise—Mahmoud Khalil has become a symbol of the urgent threat to the First Amendment and free speech in the United States. Still, little has been reported about the life of Mahmoud Khalil, about who he was before the Trump administration treated him as a public enemy and scapegoat amid the crackdown on pro-Palestine advocacy. Drop Site News spoke to a dozen individuals close to the 30-year-old—including his friends, fellow protesters, classmates, former colleagues, and faculty—to paint a fuller picture of him and the scenes on Columbia’s campus. Khalil’s wife, Noor Abdalla, has also...