Journalists Sharif Abdel Kouddous & Yasha Levine on Israel, Iran, Palantir & Pistachios

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Katie Halper interviews journalists Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Yasha Levine about current events in the Middle East and issues surrounding journalism and technology.

Katie talks to Sharif Abdel Kouddous, a journalist and editor at Drop Site News, about Gaza, Lebanon, Israel’s war on journalism and Kuwait’s detention of journalist American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldina. Then Katie chats with journalist and filmmaker Yasha Levine about Palantir, Ukraine and the war in Iran. To see the rest, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-156223971 Sharif Abdel Kouddous is a journalist and Middle East North Africa editor at Drop Site News, and producer of the Palestine Festival of Literature. Sharif Abdel Kouddous. Yasha Levine is a Russian-American investigative journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He's the author of "Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet," "A Journey Through California's Oligarch Valley," "The Koch Brothers: A Short History" and "The Corruption of Malcolm Gladwell." He's the co-host of The Russians podcast and writes at https://yasha.substack.com **Please support The Katie Halper Show ** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpersho w Get…

People in this episode

Host: Katie Halper

Guests: Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Yasha Levine

Topics covered

• Israel
• Iran
• journalism
• Palantir
• Gaza
• Ukraine

Keywords

• Gaza
• journalism
• Palantir
• Iran
• Ukraine
• Sharif Abdel Kouddous
• Yasha Levine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Drop Site News, Palestine Festival of Literature, Patreon

Books & works: Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet, A Journey Through California's Oligarch Valley, The Koch Brothers: A Short History, The Corruption of Malcolm Gladwell

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