My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: I have spent more than a decade investigating the Israeli arms and surveillance industries, and have always understood that the Israeli state is far more involved than it publicly admits. The revolving door between the public and private sector is well-known, but how exactly did…
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Colombian radio interview on Israeli spyware
My book, The Palestine Laboratory, is now widely read across the Spanish-speaking world (in a Spanish edition). I was interviewed on W Radio Colombia about Israeli spyware especially in Colombia and Israeli weapons being tested in Gaza.
Colombia halts buying Israeli weapons
I document in my book, The Palestine Laboratory, how Colombia has long purchased and used Israeli weapons. This just happened: Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced Thursday his government is suspending purchases of weapons from Israel after Palestinians say Israeli troops fired at people seeking food in Gaza, marking an escalation of tensions between both countries…
Killing civilians in Colombia for hard, US-provided cash
Beware any rogue nation that is warmly embraced by Washington in its “war on drugs”: Many men have been disappearing – only for families to find out the army had shot them When Luz Marina Bernal’s 26-year old son went missing in February 2008, she immediately raised the alarm. Fair Leonardo Porras Bernal had a…
Abuses are not part of the Colombian way of life
If the US is serious about enforcing human rights, it should start with pressuring its client states. Take Colombia: CERAC is a private intelligence “think tank” in Colombia. This previously unreleased CERAC archive contains recent interviews, court transcripts and recordings into recent state-sanctioned killings and murders in Colombia. The material describes the legal instruments crafted…