My debut article in the US outlet, Zeteo: The Sikh farmers had been protesting in the Indian state of Punjab for months. Demanding a fair price for their crops, they had become a thorn in the side of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, blocking major highways and frequently clashing with police. One of these clashes…
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Exporting Palestine’s agony
My essay in Declassified Australia: The recent announcement by US President Donald Trump that he wanted to take over the Gaza Strip, remove its Palestinian citizens and establish a “Riviera for the Middle East” has been rightly condemned as “ethnic cleansing” by sane voices around the world. Standing alongside a smirking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a…
Clips from Part 2 of my film series, The Palestine Laboratory
Following the broadcast globally of my documentary film series, The Palestine Laboratory, various outlets have published some clips from Part 2: Yesterday I watched part 2 of @antloewenstein‘s film The Palestine Laboratory on how Israeli weapons & surveillance tech is spreading around the world (including a fascinating section on how Israel developed close ties with…
The Palestine Laboratory film part 2
This is part 2 of my documentary series, The Palestine Laboratory, made with the UK production company Black Leaf Films and director Dan Davies. It broadcast globally on Al Jazeera English. This episode shows Israel’s use and testing of weapons and surveillance tech is spreading around the world from India to Mexico and Greece to…
Breaking Points interview on the Palestine lab documentary
My interview on the popular YouTube news channel, Breaking Points, about my new film series, The Palestine Laboratory.
The Palestine Laboratory documentary series is here
This is the first promo/teaser for my forthcoming documentary film series, The Palestine Laboratory, made with the great UK production company Black Leaf Films and released on Al Jazeera English. Episode 1 is broadcast on 30th January, 2025, with Episode 2 following at the same time on the 6th February. Both episodes will be available…
How Israel enforces global borders
The Long Road Magazine is a great, European-based outlet reporting on borders and borderlands. I was recently interviewed by one of its co-founders, Patrick O. Strickland, about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, with a particular focus on Israeli tech maintaining borders (in the EU and on the US/Mexico). The wonderful sketch of me, published…
Israeli spyware undermines global democracy
A key part of my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, revolves around Israeli spyware. US outlet In These Times has published an edited extract from this section. Here’s a taster: Griselda Triana is a Mexican journalist, and human rights activist whose husband, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, was slain by a drug cartel on May 15, 2017, in Culiacán,…
How Donald Trump threatens Obama's baby steps towards the "war on drugs"
My article in US magazine Truthout: President Barack Obama’s drug war legacy is paved with partially good intentions. It differed greatly between his domestic agenda and around the world. The former showed signs of bravery, challenging decades of draconian and counterproductive policy toward drug users and dealers,… reducing… the number of incarcerated men and women across the…