Before my book, The Palestine Laboratory, was released in May, my UK/US publisher, Verso, asked me to answer some questions to generate media interest. None of us could have expected the avalanche of global interest in the months since. After the monumental events of 7 October, Verso published the Q&A and included some details about…
What you want your government to say about Israel/Palestine
The Juice Media is a satirical comedy team producing some of the most incisive political commentary around. They recently released this video, currently seen nearly 630k times, on the events on 7 October and the aftermath in Israel/Palestine. Happy to say that I played a small part with “thoughts and advice”.
On the growing alliance between Israel and India
In my book, The Palestine Laboratory, I examine the growing ties between India and Israel. The Indian commentator Apar Gupta dedicates an episode of his program to discuss my book and how the Israel/Palestine conflict is impacting vast swathes of the world including India.
The Jakarta Post on the Palestine lab
In late October, a columnist for The Jakarta Post newspaper in Indonesia, Julia Suryakusuma, wrote a column about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, while I was in Ubud, Bali for the writer’s festival. In the world’s biggest Muslim country, the book has wide resonance including around Indonesia’s use of Israeli surveillance equipment (detailed in…
Why the US censure of Israeli spyware is a toothless tiger
My recent feature story in the UK magazine, New Internationalist. Here’s an extract: For Israel, spyware is not just a highly lucrative industry, but a strategic weapon to curry diplomatic favour. Aside from revolutionizing the world of espionage, the huge demand for these tools is reshaping geopolitics, with Palestinian lives at the sharp end of…
The Palestine Laboratory secures short-listing for prestigious Moore Prize literary award
I’m excited to announce that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, has been selected as a short-list finalist in the Moore Prize, an international literary and human rights award, based in the UK. In June, my book was announced as a long-list finalist and now it’s down to six books. Here’s the official announcement: The Christopher…
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…
Al Jazeera English interview on key US role in backing Israel
My interview with Al Jazeera English on the role of the US in completely backing Israel and the global ramifications of this stance.
Al Jazeera English interview on fighting the information war in Palestine
My interview with Al Jazeera English on Israel’s invasion of Gaza and fighting the information war.
Al Jazeera English interview on questioning Israeli and US intelligence claims
My interview with Al Jazeera English on Israel’s invasion of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza and Western nations sending weapons to assist Israel in its war.