My interview with ABC Radio’s Triple J on the mass protests convulsing Israel and what they say about the state of “democracy” in the country. My interview starts at 4:53.
TRT World TV interview on Israel’s push for Jewish “democracy”
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World about the mass protests in Israel and faux discussions about Jewish “democracy”.
The Palestine Laboratory arrives shortly
My new book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports The Technology Of Occupation Around The World, is out in May. It’s published in the US and UK on 23 May with Verso and in Australia and New Zealand with Scribe on 30 May: Here’s the Verso blurb (the Scribe one is very similar but slightly…
The human cost of the “green” revolution
My latest investigation in Declassified Australia is about one of Australia’s richest men, Andrew Forrest, and his attempt to develop green hydrogen in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest wants to make himself a champion of ‘green energy’ by building an US$80 billion mega-dam to develop ‘green’ hydrogen in one of…
TRT World interview on surging violence in Palestine and Israel’s Supreme Court
My interview with global broadcaster TRT World on rising violence in the West Bank and faux Western (and Israeli) concerns about the Supreme Court, a body that’s rarely protected Palestinian rights.
Dangers of an Israeli spy in your pocket
My book review appears in today’s Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age: Imagine a weapon so powerful that it makes every person on the planet with a mobile phone potentially vulnerable. It isn’t a scammer or traditional hacker but a new, much more virulent form of intrusion that takes control of all your personal information…
Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange co-sponsored by Declassified Australia
I’m happy to announce that Declassified Australia, the news website that I co-founded in 2021, will be co-sponoring the upcoming Belmarsh Tribunal at Sydney University on 4 March. It’s the latest in a long tradition of similar events around the world, aiming to hold the powerful to account. In this case, it’s about highlighting the…
Why Israel sells spyware to repressive Bangladesh
Following revelations that Israel sold spyware to Bangladesh, I was interviewed by Benar News: “The latest revelations about Israel selling surveillance weapons to Bangladesh follow a sadly familiar pattern. The fact that Bangladesh is a dictatorship is irrelevant for Israeli arms dealers and the Jewish state,” said Antony Loewenstein, an Australian researcher whose forthcoming book [The…
TRT World interview on new far-right Israeli government
Following the visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, I was interviewed by global broadcaster TRT World on the state of Israel/Palestine relations and why the Jewish state remains so appealing to many.
The merging of Israeli far-right power
With the new far-right Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, there’s a lot of talk in the Western media about what this could be mean for the Palestinians. In short, nothing good. I was interviewed by global broadcaster TRT World about these related issues: While there is much debate inside Israeli political and military circles…