Uncovering Australia’s dirty role in arming Israel

Uncovering Australia’s dirty role in arming Israel

Australia is playing a huge, though largely obscured role, in arming Israel in its war against Gaza. A correspondent at Declassified Australia, Kellie Tranter, recently explained Australia’s key role in fitting out the F-35 fighter jet currently being used by Israel. I was interviewed about these issues for Al Jazeera English: Antony Loewenstein, an Australian…

Musings from the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem

Musings from the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem

Over the last 20 years, I’ve regularly visited the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem, the city’s finest bookstore. Its Palestinian owner, Mahmoud Muna, is a humane and witty man. It was therefore a treat to read his recent piece in the London Review of Books, mostly questioning the understanding and knowledge of Western journalists arriving…

Inserting surveillance into the heart of Twitter

Inserting surveillance into the heart of Twitter

Here’s a story that’s received too little attention recently (via MintPress News): The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) is working with an Israeli tech firm to verify BlueTick subscribers, raising suspicions that personal data could fall into the hands of the Israeli government or private sector, both of whom have a long…

The Kashmir Times on the Palestine lab

In my book, The Palestine Laboratory, I examine the impact of Israeli and Indian policies on Muslim-majority Kashmir. I partly explain this through an interview with the editor of the Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin. She recently interviewed me about my book and the events of 7 October.

Not in our name

Not in our name

On Saturday 4 November, 2023, I spoke at a large rally in Sydney in support of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza. A key point I made was to explain how many Jews are opposed to Israeli actions in Gaza (and beyond). “For many Jewish people including myself – we do not speak in one…

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