After the horrific Bondi Beach massacre, how has the Australian media responded? Not well, overall, and I discuss this with the great weekly media show, Fourth Estate:
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Debating the “Palestine Laboratory”
I recently recorded this fascinating interview with the great US magazine, Jewish Currents, for its weekly podcast, On the Nose: In spring 2023, journalist and filmmaker Antony Loewenstein published , a book tracing the way that Israeli military technology and weaponry, battle-tested on Palestinians, is exported around the world. Lowenstein argues that as Israel’s surveillance…
ABC Australia’s Late Night Live interview on Germany’s Israel Obsession film
My new film, Germany’s Israel Obsession, is now out. I was interviewed about it on ABC Australia’s popular Late Night Live radio program: In a new documentary for Al Jazeera, Jewish-Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein return to his ancestral home, Germany, to investigate how the country’s impulse never to repeat the horrendous anti-Semitism that led to…
Australia’s refusal to stop trading with Israel
My interview with the Australian podcast 7am: As Israel’s assault on Gaza city continues, Israeli aircraft and tanks have pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of the city, destroying buildings and homes. It comes as a record number of Australians turned out this weekend in protest against the war – and as the relationship between…
Triple RRR radio interview on Israel, Iran and failed wars in the Middle East
My interview on Triple RRR radio in Melbourne, Australia on Iran, Israel and the politics and realities of endless war.
ABC Australia Radio interview on many nations selling weapons to Israel
My interview on one of Australia’s leading current affairs show, ABC Radio’s Late Night Live, talking about how many countries still sell weapons to Israel: A new report by Progressive International reveals the scale of UK arms exports to Israel. Meanwhile, Declassified Australia has confirmed Canberra-based company Electro Optic Systems has been selling a counter-drones…
Swedish radio interview on Israel battle-testing AI in Gaza
My interview on Sweden’s national public radio’s most popular foreign affairs show, Konflict, talking about AI in warfare and how Israel is using Gaza as an invaluable testing ground:
The profound folly of weaponising anti-Semitism
The Fourth Estate is a weekly radio program in Australia that dissects the media. I appear on this week’s show discussing the weaponisation of anti-Semitism by the media and political class (my last appearance was in 2024 talking Gaza):
The Palestine Laboratory podcast nominated for major journalism award
The Palestine Laboratory podcast series was released in 2024 with the US outlet, Drop Site News. I’m rapt that it’s a finalist in one of Australia’s leading journalism awards, the Quills, in the podcast category. This shows that independent media can be recognised and thrive: We were “highly commended” on the night of the awards.