The outlet, The Markaz Review, has run an edited extract from my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and I’ve written a brief introduction, post 7 October, to frame the work: History didn’t begin on October 7, 2023. Palestine was occupied long before then. And yet the brutal Hamas attacks on October 7 were unprecedented. Daring in…
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Mixed African attitudes towards Israel and Palestine
A key section of my book, The Palestine Laboratory, investigates the historical and current Israeli role in arming and backing African dictatorships. Along those lines, I was interviewed by the Nigerian-based journalist Obiora Ikoku in Inkstick about Africa’s response to the 7 October attacks. Read the whole article: Israel’s War in Gaza Also Impacts African Geopolitics…
A short introduction to the Israeli arms industry
An Al Jazeera Arabic short video on the Israeli weapons industry featuring my book, The Palestine Laboratory: View this post on Instagram A post shared by الجزيرة (@aljazeera)
“Israel’s Palestine laboratory thrives on global disruption and violence”
A great review of The Palestine Laboratory in Middle East Monitor by Ramona Wadi: Antony Loewenstein’s book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world (Verso Books, 2023), is a timely read at any given moment, but the unfolding ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the complicit response of the international…
The Palestine Laboratory succinctly explained in less than 5 minutes
AJ+ is the digital arm of Al Jazeera, producing short-form videos that reach millions of people. It recently published a great video about my book, The Palestine Laboratory: View this post on Instagram A post shared by AJ+ (@ajplus) AJ+ Arabic has also published a version of this video: View this post…
Tik-Tok covers The Palestine Laboratory
One of the pleasant surprises since the release of my book, The Palestine Laboratory, is how it’s been picked up by many users of Tik-Tok, its messages amplified. This was happening before 7 October but since then it’s really taken off. Here’s just one example. Tony Vara is a popular Tik-Tok user, with over 500k…
Al Jazeera English on dark Israeli plans for Gaza
My latest interview on Al Jazeera English about possible Israeli plans in Gaza (including depopulation of Palestinians).
Israeli intelligence failures reflect political hubris
Israeli intelligence failures were catastrophic on 7 October, 2023. After two months of extreme Israeli bombardment of Gaza, where to from here (hint: nowhere good for Palestinians under siege)? A timely Al Jazeera English Inside Story episode with the great Israeli photojournalist Oren Ziv, Omar Ashour and me:
TRT World interview on possible scenarios post-war in Gaza (hint: none good)
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World on publicly stated possibilities for Gaza after the war is over (and they’re mostly centred around the Palestinian Authority returning).
Al Jazeera English interview on AI-enabled warfare in Gaza
My latest interview with Al Jazeera English as the “truce” ends between Hamas and Israel and Israel’s use of deadly AI-enabled war in Gaza.