Chatham House is one of Britain’s leading policy institutes. Its monthly magazine, The World Today, has published a review of my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, by the International Crisis Group Senior Analyst on Israel/Palestine, Mairav Zonszein. It’s a largely positive review with some pointed criticisms. It feels like 8 out of 10. Here’s an…
“The Harvard of anti-terrorism”
A long essay/quasi-review has been published in The Conversation by Monash University’s Kevin Foster. It’s an interesting read through the sordid history and present-day reality of Israel’s “security” policies. An extract: In The Palestine Laboratory, Loewenstein does not merely indict Israel for its failure to live up to the promise of its founding principles and…
The Canadian role in Israel’s endless occupation
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) interviewed me about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and we discussed how the occupation is being exported and the rise and importance of civil resistance to these weapons of war.
How Israeli phone hacking tool conquered the world
Israeli intelligence company Cellebrite is not well-known and yet it’s ubiquitous around the world. One of its main products is used to hack mobile phones, deployed by repressive regimes like Russia and China and countless Australian and US government departments. A section of my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, investigates Cellebrite. Declassified Australia has just…
Israel’s democracy deficit on crack
Last month, the Australian Book Review published a story about Israel’s eroding democracy. In the June edition, I responded in a published letter: Dear Editor, The state of Israeli democracy is indeed dire, as was eloquently explained by David N. Myers in his article in the May 2023 edition. It is worth stressing that the…
ABC Adelaide talks The Palestine Laboratory
Last night I was interviewed on ABC Adelaide radio by host Peter Goers about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, Jewish identity, Zionism and dissent. The interview starts at around 1:30. I’ve appeared on this show many times before talking about Palestine and the drug war.
Talking Palestine with the South China Morning Post
My interview with Alex Lo from the South China Morning Post newspaper about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory. Many interesting conversations here but particularly about China’s potentially growing role in the Middle East and how this could impact the Israel/Palestine conflict. The full interview transcript is below: Israel has occupied Palestinian territories for more…
Recommending The Palestine Laboratory
My new book, The Palestine Laboratory, is out in Australia and New Zealand on 30 May. It was released in the UK and US last week. Every week, the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age write an email about the latest news and views in the literary world and this week’s edition features the highlights…
TRT World’s The Newsmakers discuss Palestine as a laboratory
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World’s leading current affairs show, The Newsmakers, talking about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory.
Palestine as the ultimate showroom
My interview on Britain’s Novara Media about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory: Israel needs friends. And one of the main tools it has used to get them is its arms industry. The 10th biggest in the world, it increasingly specialises in the kind of digital surveillance technology European governments love to pretend they never…