My interview on global broadcaster TRT World on the eve of the “truce” between Israel and Hamas.
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).
Musings from the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem
Over the last 20 years, I’ve regularly visited the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem, the city’s finest bookstore. Its Palestinian owner, Mahmoud Muna, is a humane and witty man. It was therefore a treat to read his recent piece in the London Review of Books, mostly questioning the understanding and knowledge of Western journalists arriving…
Inserting surveillance into the heart of Twitter
Here’s a story that’s received too little attention recently (via MintPress News): The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) is working with an Israeli tech firm to verify BlueTick subscribers, raising suspicions that personal data could fall into the hands of the Israeli government or private sector, both of whom have a long…
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
Ukrainian media on lessons from war in Gaza
The Ukrainian state media outlet, Suspilne Ukraine, interviews me about the crisis in the Middle East. We also talk about the similarities and differences between Ukraine and Gaza.
The Kashmir Times on the Palestine lab
In my book, The Palestine Laboratory, I examine the impact of Israeli and Indian policies on Muslim-majority Kashmir. I partly explain this through an interview with the editor of the Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin. She recently interviewed me about my book and the events of 7 October.
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…
Don’t believe the AI hype that claims it makes war safer
There’s been a lot of hype, often pushed by Western nations, that AI-enabled warfare is more targeted. I spoke to Brian Merchant at the Los Angeles Times about this in the context of Israel’s war against Gaza: “The mistake has been, in the last two weeks, saying this was an intelligence failure. It wasn’t, it…