It’s long been a myth that there’s complete uniformity amongst the Jewish community towards Israel/Palestine. An increasing number of (particularly) young Jews are supporting Palestine. I was interviewed about this recently by the Australian outlet, AAP: But independent Jewish journalist and author Antony Loewenstein said it was untrue to suggest there was uniformity in the…
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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…
Australia’s complicity in ongoing Israeli violence in Gaza
My interview with Green Left Weekly about Australia’s complicity with Israeli militarism including the use/abuse of the US spy base, Pine Gap, in the centre of Australia and its involvement in Israel’s war on Gaza (reported exclusively in Declassified Australia).
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…
Melbourne’s Triple R radio interview on Australia’s failure to push for Gaza ceasefire
My recent interview with Melbourne’s great independent radio station, Triple R: Independent journalist Antony Loewenstein (author of The Palestine Laboratory) returns to The Grapevine to speak with guest host Judith Peppard. They cover the latest developments in Gaza since Antony’s previous conversation with Dylan Bird two weeks prior, including Australia’s Government abstaining from a United…
Democracy Now! interview on Israel live-testing weapons in Gaza
I spoke to US show Democracy Now! about the events since the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel, Western arms sales to Israel and how Israel is live-testing weapons on Gaza for potential foreign sales: Worldwide protests calling for a ceasefire are drawing attention to the role of weapons manufacturers and distributors supplying machinery…
Investigating Murdoch media and its impact on climate change policy
A few months I was asked by the major German magazine, Stern, to investigate the role of the Murdoch press in Australia and its impact on climate change policies. It was a global story with other journalists digging into the same question in the UK and US. This week the four-page feature was published and…
Palestine Remembered on the Palestine lab
My interview with Nasser Mashni on Melbourne’s 3CR radio program, Palestine Remembered, Australia’s only English-language program dedicated to Palestine. We discussed my Jewish upbringing and my new book, The Palestine Laboratory.
Flying the Palestinian flag
Randwick Council in Sydney will be flying the Palestinian flag on 29 November. It should be an uncontroversial decision but it’s become a news story. In Murdoch’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, I was interviewed about it:
ABC Radio National Drive interview on The Palestine Laboratory
My interview on Australia’s Radio National’s Drive program talking about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, where we discuss my family’s Jewish trajectory, Israel’s testing of weapons in Palestine and the threat that this poses to the world.