My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Naftali Bennett, the former Israeli prime minister and aspirant for the top job in this year’s election, was upset. He slammed Benjamin Netanyahu after the recent announcement of a deal between Tehran and Washington, arguing that the current prime minister had squandered a unique opportunity.…
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Does Israel risk being economically isolated?
My monthly column in the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Can a nation remain on a permanent war footing and survive, even thrive? Israel is trying to find out. Although it has been in various conflicts with its Arab neighbours since 1948, the Netanyahu government has ramped up endless wars of occupation in Gaza and…
The myth of Israeli invincibility
My monthly column with the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Who’s excited about the US and Israeli war on Iran? As the Middle East is on fire, from Tehran to Manama, the Israeli weapons industry is licking its lips at the prospect of future sales to the Gulf states, many of which have recently taken direct…
Cancelling Palestinians speak volumes about our twisted culture
My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: In early January, the board of the Adelaide Festival in Australia sent a letter to Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah to convey a shocking decision. A longtime critic of Israel, Abdel-Fattah was told her inclusion in the forthcoming Adelaide Writers’ Week would apparently be “culturally insensitive”.…
Israeli propaganda threatens us all
My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Within hours of the horrific, antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney this month, the Israeli government and its proxies started pushing false narratives, outright lies and racism to a grieving nation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Israeli ministers blamed an Australian government that…
The “convenient” distraction of Palestine after Bondi killings
There’s been messy and frankly ugly politics after the Bondi Beach massacre by blaming the pro-Palestine movement. My interview with the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Middle East Eye (@middleeasteye)
The time for a Jewish reckoning over Gaza is now
My latest monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: There’s a desperate need for a moral reckoning among the global Jewish population after more than two years of Israeli-inflicted horrorsin Gaza. From the mass starvation of Palestinians to AI- and cloud-enabled killing, Jewish complicity, both in Israel and across the Diaspora, has been…
Israel’s booming arms sector shows signs of fear
My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: The Israeli arms industry has always been infused with hubris. This arrogance is due to the state selling weapons, surveillance tech and drones to more than 140 countries in recent decades. Much of the world has come to rely on Israeli expertise in this area,…
The Israeli empire is growing. Who will stop it?
My latest monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: In late 2024, a small group of radical Israeli settlers briefly crossed into Lebanon and established an outpost. The group was led by the Uri Tzafon Movement, a religious Zionist organisation that has staged events demanding the Jewish settlement of southern Lebanon. This vision…