I’m excited to announce that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, is the winner of the Walkleys Book Award of 2023. It’s Australia’s leading journalism prize, the equivalent of the Pulitzers. In a time of such grief, violence and anger in the Middle East and beyond, I’m managing a range of emotions but thankful to the judging…
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“The Palestine Laboratory is an invaluable primer”
A strong review of my book, The Palestine Laboratory, in US outlet, The New Republic: Here’s an extract: If you know where to look, the alliance between our two countries appears deeply strained despite claims to the contrary, and yet a certain harmony remains. The Palestine Laboratory is an invaluable primer on how the West…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the one-state solution
Last weekend, I published the following story in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age on the one-state solution for Israel/Palestine. It’s an issue I’ve thought about for many years including in a book I co-edited in 2013 with Palestinian Ahmed Moor called After Zionism. Here’s an extract from my latest piece: The two-state solution…
“On Oct. 7, Palestinians in Gaza escaped from their laboratory cage”
Chris Hedges is a veteran American foreign correspondent who’s reported from some of the major conflicts in the last decades. In his latest article, Israel Is Shutting Down Its Human Laboratory In Gaza, he details the ways in which Palestine is an effective testing ground for new weapons and surveillance: On Oct. 7, Palestinians in…
Al Jazeera documentary on surging violence in the West Bank
Aside from the horrific reality in Gaza since 7 October 2023, there’s been a surge in settler and solider-led violence in the occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera English made a film about this situation and interviewed me about the facts on the ground, having reported from the West Bank for nearly 20 years, and the…
CNN Turkey interview on the Palestine laboratory
My recent interview with CNN Turkey about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and the importance of Jewish dissent over Israel/Palestine. Yes, I spoke English and it was translated into Turkish.
Talking the Palestine lab with French outlet Elucid
An extended interview with writer Thomas Le Bonniec in the French outlet Elucid about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and Israeli intelligence failures on 7 October, 2023. Read the whole thing: « La Palestine est le laboratoire d’armements et de surveillance d’Israël » – Élucid
The invaluable role played by whistleblowers
John Kiriakou is a former CIA intelligence officer who became a whistle-blower, revealing the agency’s use of torture post 9/11. He now hosts a TV program, The Whistleblowers, and recently interviewed me about my book, The Palestine Laboratory. It broadcast around the world. The Palestine Laboratory – How Israel Exports the technology of occupation around…
The humane Jewish view on Palestinian and Jewish suffering
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…
Surging Israeli surveillance in the West Bank
I was recently interviewed by the US outlet, Wired, about the reality of worsening mass surveillance in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Read the whole story by journalist Tom Bennett: Wired Surveillance copy