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Drop Site News contributor calls for ‘wiping out Israel’ in Instagram post

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A contributing writer for the far-left publication Drop Site News called for the “dismantling” of Israel and urged his followers not to make Israelis “feel unsafe.”

Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed, a self-described “accidental war correspondent” whose work has been published by Drop Site, shared a post on social media on Monday calling for the complete elimination of the Jewish state.

“Erasing Israel from the planet is not revenge enough. Israelis should no longer feel safe. It should haunt them and follow them everywhere they go. These terrorist parasites must be cleansed from our planet,” Abed said on Instagram.

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Drop Site writer Abubaker Abed told his Instagram followers that Israelis are “terrorist parasites” who “need to be removed from our planet.” (Screenshot/Instagram)

Drop Site co-founder Ryan Grim directed a statement to Fox News Digital saying Abed’s message did not represent the organization’s editorial position but stopped short of condemning anti-Israel rhetoric.

“We will also never police the language of any genocide survivor,” Grim wrote to X.

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Abed called for “Israel to be wiped off the planet.” (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)

Known primarily for its anti-Israel coverage of the Gaza war, Drop Site describes itself as “an unaffiliated, investigative news organization dedicated to exposing the crimes of the powerful, especially in overt and covert conflicts in which the U.S. government plays a key role.”

It has money from the George Soros-funded Open Society Foundations, which gave Drop Site a $250,000 grant to set up a Middle East desk in 2024, according to a listing on Open Society. website.

Washington Free Beacon also reported Soros’ money was transferred to Drop Site through the Social Security Studies Education Fund.

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