My interview on Al Jazeera English about the freedom of Julian Assange and what Wikileaks has given the world.
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Sky News interview on Israel’s long-term plan to render Gaza unliveable
My latest interview today on Murdoch’s Sky News about Israel’s deliberate policy to destroy Gaza.
The high stakes in the case of Julian Assange
Since its inception in 2006, Wikileaks has been a vitally important news organisation. As founder Julian Assange fights for his life and freedom, Al Jazeera English interviewed me about his case: “It’s an invaluable resource that remains utterly essential to understand how power works, not just US power, but global power,” Antony Loewenstein, an independent…
ABC Radio Sydney interview on critical Judaism in an age of extremism
Australia’s ABC TV is broadcasting a film, Not In My Name, about dissident Judaism and my work and life. Today I was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney about the importance of critical Jewish voices in the face of endless Israeli occupation of Palestine.
ABC Radio National interview on pro-Palestine protests
My interview on ABC Radio National’s Drive program talking about the surge in pro-Palestine protests on university campuses across the globe.
Doomsday prepping goes mainstream
I’ve long been fascinated with people who push the boundaries of “acceptable” society. In the last year, I’ve been investigating the growth of the “doomsday prepper” movement for a feature story in one of Australia’s major magazines, Good Weekend (inserted weekly in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age with a readership of close to…
How well is the media covering Gaza?
How the media reports on and discusses Israel/Palestine matters. For many years, with notable exceptions, the wilful blindness of the media towards humanising Palestinians has been demoralising. I discuss this on the Fourth Estate radio program, broadcast around Australia, this week:
On the philosophy of Netanyahuism
Arena is a leading Australian independent magazine. Academic Ned Curthoys has written a long and considered review of my book, The Palestine Laboratory. An extract: An historical reckoning with Israel’s support for the most depraved regimes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is needed, and in this respect the book is an informed update on…
10 News First interview about global arms embargo on Israel
My interview on Australian TV 10 News First about the Israeli killing of Western aid workers in Gaza.
The Palestine Laboratory is short-list finalist in prestigious Australian Book Industry Awards
The Australian Book Industry Awards, the leading annual book awards in the country, announced its short-list finalists last week. I’m happy to announce that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, is a short-list finalist in the “Social Impact Book of the Year” award. The winner is announced on 9 May.