An interview about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, with Lara Friedman, President of the US-based Foundation for Middle East Peace.
Category Interviews
New Zealand Maori radio on The Palestine Laboratory
During my recent book tour in New Zealand for The Palestine Laboratory, I was interviewed by the country’s first Maori radio station. It was an interesting conversation and highlighted that many Maoris I met throughout the country were both aware of the grim situation in Palestine and actively opposed Israel’s occupation. It was solidarity with…
TRT World interview on Israel’s judicial “reforms”
I joined International broadcaster TRT World to discuss Israel’s so-called “judicial reforms” which are (mostly) about protecting Jewish supremacy at the expense of the Palestinians.
Tech Won’t Save Us navigates The Palestine Laboratory
The great Canadian-based podcast, Tech Won’t Save Us, interviews me about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory. We discuss Jewish identity and the appeal of Israel’s repressive tech:
Melbourne’s Triple R radio on The Palestine Laboratory
My interview with Melbourne’s Triple R Radio program, The Grapevine, about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory: The Palestine Laboratory is a new book by journalist Antony Loewenstein that documents how Israel’s subjugation of the Palestinian people serves as a testing ground for weapons and surveillance systems that are then exported around the world. Built…
Radio New Zealand interview on The Palestine Laboratory
My interview with one of New Zealand’s leading news programs, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, to discuss my new book, The Palestine Laboratory: Australian-German investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein argues Israel has used occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground to develop weaponry and surveillance technology. In his new book The Palestine Laboratory Loewenstein pulls together…
TRT World interview on Israeli invasion of Jenin
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World about Israel’s invasion of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and the “logic” of Israel’s escalating violence.
BBC World Service interview on The Palestine Laboratory
My interview on the BBC World Service’s daily program, Newsday, about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory. I talked with the host James Copnall about the EU use of Israeli drones and the Israeli arms industry:
Democracy Now! covers The Palestine Laboratory
The US TV show, Democracy Now!, interviewed me in a long 20-minute segment on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, where we discussed the EU use of Israeli drones, ethno-nationalism, Israeli spyware et al. I’ve previously appeared on Democracy Now! in 2008, 2013 and 2015.
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.
The Shot takes aim at Israeli mass surveillance
The Shot is a satirical outlet with bite. Its weekly podcast interviewed me this week, with hosts Jo Dyer and Grace Tame, on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and we discussed personal politics, challenging establishment power, mass surveillance and other (not always funny) subjects:
2SER Radio on The Palestine Laboratory
The Fourth Estate is a weekly media show on community radio 2SER (based in Sydney but broadcast around Australia). Its host, veteran journalist Monica Attard, interviewed me about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and tackled the personal, my evolution on Israel/Palestine, boycotts and mass surveillance:
US radio interview on KPFA about Israeli mass surveillance
My interview with US radio station KPFA and its program, Against The Grain, about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory: Israel is one of the world’s most important producers of military hardware and surveillance technology, honed in its occupation of Palestine, and exported around the globe to various brutal regimes. Journalist and filmmaker Antony Loewenstein…
This Machine Kills tackles The Palestine Laboratory
This Machine Kills is a fascinating podcast that tackles techno-dystopia and political economy. I was interviewed on its latest episode about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory: This Machine Kills · 262. – How Israel Battle Tests Occupation for the World (ft. Antony Loewenstein)
When TikTok welcomes The Palestine Laboratory
TikTok is one of the biggest apps in the world so it’s pleasing to see this pro-Palestine account, with a large following, talking positively about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory: @anat_international Thank you @Verso Books ???????? #palestine #books #palestinebooks #booktok #bookmail ♬ original sound – anat_international
Why so many people don’t believe what they see and hear
The growing public distrust of the mainstream media is an issue that should concern all living and breathing citizens (and yes, there are often good reasons for it). It’s an issue I discuss in this interview on The Jist podcast along with my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and mass surveillance. I previously appeared on…
ABC Radio Sydney interview on Israeli hacking tool, Cellebrite
Israeli company Cellebrite sells a phone hacking tool that’s ubiquitous across the world including in Australia. It’s an issue I investigate in my new book, The Palestine Laboratory. Here’s my interview with ABC Radio Australia in Sydney and Canberra where I discuss Cellebrite and other mass surveillance tools that exist in the West with barely…
Israeli repressive tech invades our privacy
A key section in my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, is on the role of Israeli spyware and hacking tools. Israeli company Cellebrite is a major player and it has a large, mostly unheralded presence in Australia. Declassified Australia recently ran my investigation into the company’s role in Australia (alongside an edited book extract.) Here’s…
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…
TRT World interview on Assange and prospects of freedom
Talking on global broadcaster TRT World’s The Newsmakers program on the case of Wikileaks Julian Assange, the prospects of his freedom and the vital role of Declassified Australia’s contributor writer, Kellie Tranter, and her FOI work around the case.
Declassified Australia talk on Israeli mass surveillance
My recent conversation at the Addi Road Writer’s Festival in Sydney, Australia about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, with my Declassified Australia friend, co-founder and co-editor, Peter Cronau. We discussed surveillance capitalism and Israel’s leading role in its global proliferation (including in Australia via the Israeli company Cellebrite, a fact explained in a book…
US radio KPFK on The Palestine Laboratory
My interview on US radio station KPFK’s program, Middle East in Focus, on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, including a discussion about how the US and Israel relationship has contributed to backing the worst regimes in the world since the 1970s:
The Majority Report tackles The Palestine Laboratory
The Majority Report is a popular US news show. Here’s my interview with host Emma Vigeland about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and the reluctance in many parts of the US to challenge Israeli apartheid. My interview starts at 21:33 (and here’s the podcast).
LitHub speaks The Palestine Laboratory
LitHub is a US-based literary website. I was interviewed by one of its hosts, writer Andrew Keen, about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, Jewish identity and the threat of anti-Semitism. It was one of the feistier interviews I’ve had since my book was released though I’m happy to be challenged on my thesis.
Electronic Intifada on the how and why of testing weapons in Palestine
My interview with Nora Barrows-Friedman at the US-based Electronic Intifada on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, is a wide-ranging discussion on how Israel tests weapons in Palestine and explains why the Jewish state has become the 10th biggest arms dealer in the world: On episode 78, we’re joined by journalist, filmmaker and best-selling author…
TRT World interview on Saudi and Israeli romancing
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World on the growing push by the US and Israel to make the friendship with Saudi Arabia official.
Better Reading interview on Zionism, Judaism and Palestine
Better Reading is the most popular books-related podcast in Australia. My interview with its founder, director Cheryl Akle, was a personal and political examination of Judaism, Zionism, abusing history and my new book, The Palestine Laboratory:
Background Briefing interview on Palestine, Wikileaks and war crimes
My interview with the LA-based radio program, Background Briefing, on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, the ongoing US persecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and a major win for truthful journalism last week in a case about war crimes in Afghanistan: Background Briefing with Ian Masters · Exporting the Technology of Repression and Australia’s…
The Canadian role in Israel’s endless occupation
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) interviewed me about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and we discussed how the occupation is being exported and the rise and importance of civil resistance to these weapons of war.
ABC Adelaide talks The Palestine Laboratory
Last night I was interviewed on ABC Adelaide radio by host Peter Goers about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, Jewish identity, Zionism and dissent. The interview starts at around 1:30. I’ve appeared on this show many times before talking about Palestine and the drug war.
Talking Palestine with the South China Morning Post
My interview with Alex Lo from the South China Morning Post newspaper about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory. Many interesting conversations here but particularly about China’s potentially growing role in the Middle East and how this could impact the Israel/Palestine conflict. The full interview transcript is below: Israel has occupied Palestinian territories for more…
TRT World’s The Newsmakers discuss Palestine as a laboratory
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World’s leading current affairs show, The Newsmakers, talking about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory.
Palestine as the ultimate showroom
My interview on Britain’s Novara Media about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory: Israel needs friends. And one of the main tools it has used to get them is its arms industry. The 10th biggest in the world, it increasingly specialises in the kind of digital surveillance technology European governments love to pretend they never…
Unauthorized Disclosure podcast interview on The Palestine laboratory
My interview with the Unauthorised Disclosure podcast talking about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory. With hosts Kevin Gosztola and Rania Khalek, we discuss the influence of Israeli “counter-insurgency” tactics in Latin and South America, the silencing of Palestinians on social media and much more.
MSNBC interview on The Palestine Laboratory
My US mainstream TV debut just happened! MSNBC’s Medhi Hasan introduced my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and gave it the proper context. Then we spoke about Israel’s ethno-nationalism, the arms trade and using Palestine as a testing ground. The fact that this discussion can happen, on prime-time US TV, shows that there’s an increasingly…
Sky News Australia interview on PNG independence at risk under US security deal
PNG is set to sign a so-called security pact with the US though there are serious questions about the lack of sovereignty for the small nation. I was interviewed about it on Sky News Australia, speaking as the co-founder and co-editor of Declassified Australia.
TRT World TV interview on the latest rise in “tensions” in Palestine
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World on the ramifications after the death of Palestinian hunger-striking prisoner Khader Adnan in Israeli custody.
TRT World TV interview on violence against Al-Aqsa
Following days of Israeli violence against Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem, I was interviewed by global broadcaster TRT World.
ABC Radio Triple J interview on Israeli “democracy”
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”.
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.
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.
TNT Radio interview on Wikileaks, press bravery and conflict
David McBride is an Australian hero, a former military lawyer turned whistle-blower who exposed war crimes in Afghanistan. He appears weekly on TNT Radio and interviewed me last weekend about journalism, war, ethics, Wikileaks and accountability:
TRT World interview on Israel’s radical new government
My recent interview on global broadcaster TRT World about Israel’s extreme, far-right coalition.
TRT World interview on Jerusalem attack and Israeli occupation
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World on yesterday’s awful terrorist attack in Jerusalem and the wider political context of endless Israeli occupation.
Jerusalem must be shared by Palestinians and Israelis
The Australian government has reversed the previous government’s decision to recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It’s a smart move but largely symbolic. I was interviewed by global broadcaster TRT World about it last night. I was also interviewed by The Guardian: Antony Loewenstein, a journalist who co-founded Independent Australian Jewish Voices and…
The Way podcast on the never-ending war on drugs
My latest book is Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. I was recently interviewed on US podcast, The Way, about the drug war, why it’s so hard to end and why things are slowly changing:
In conversation with whistle-blower David McBride
David McBride is a courageous whistleblower who exposed Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. For his sins, he’s now facing trial and potentially life in prison (while not one soldier who committed the war crimes has faced court). We’ve become friends over the last years and I deeply admire his principles. David interviewed me recently about my…
New Zealand Earthwise radio interview on Assange, Wikileaks and Palestine
I was recently interviewed by the New Zealand’s radio program, Earthwise, on Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Palestine and state killing of journalists.
Interview with Slovakian intellectual Martin Poliacik on the drug war and Ukraine
In late 2021, my latest book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, was released in a Slovakian edition with an introduction by the Slovak philosopher and former politician Martin Poliacik who’s been a leading advocate for drug reform. Since its release, the book has received very positive coverage and reviews in Slovakia.…