My latest interview with global broadcaster TRT World on the “truce” between Israel and Hamas, the US role in the conflict and why any likely replacements of Netanyahu (Benny Gantz or Yair Lapid) are little different to him.
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Al Jazeera English interview on day one of the Israel/Hamas truce
My latest interview on Al Jazeera English on day one of the “truce” between Israel and Hamas and a key reason why Western states back Israel.
Beware the Israeli-led “war on terror”
My article in Al Jazeera English explaining the ways in which Israel is (re) launching a global “war on terror” with the US playing the role of weapons-providing wingman. Here’s an extract: It is easy to get distracted by US officials pledging to rally support for a “humanitarian pause” and reducing the number of civilian…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the one-state solution
Last weekend, I published the following story in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age on the one-state solution for Israel/Palestine. It’s an issue I’ve thought about for many years including in a book I co-edited in 2013 with Palestinian Ahmed Moor called After Zionism. Here’s an extract from my latest piece: The two-state solution…
“On Oct. 7, Palestinians in Gaza escaped from their laboratory cage”
Chris Hedges is a veteran American foreign correspondent who’s reported from some of the major conflicts in the last decades. In his latest article, Israel Is Shutting Down Its Human Laboratory In Gaza, he details the ways in which Palestine is an effective testing ground for new weapons and surveillance: On Oct. 7, Palestinians in…
Gaza in 2023 as the ultimate testing ground
Since the 7 October Hamas attacks, I’ve seen Israel using/testing weapons + surveillance equipment in Gaza. Journalist Paddy Dowling interviewed me about this in Al Jazeera English: “Israel’s weapons will continue to remain attractive to international buyers based on performance in the occupation,” Loewenstein said. “But Israel is not just selling weapons; they’re selling the…
The Daily Beast on Israeli-hyped pink-washing
In my book, The Palestine Laboratory, I investigate the reality of Israeli “pink-washing“. It’s “a deliberate strategy to conceal the continuing violations of Palestinians’ human rights behind an image of modernity signified by Israeli gay life”, wrote Sarah Schulman in the New York Times in 2011. Since the 7 October Hamas attacks and Israeli response…
CNN Turkey interview on the Palestine laboratory
My recent interview with CNN Turkey about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and the importance of Jewish dissent over Israel/Palestine. Yes, I spoke English and it was translated into Turkish.
Talking the Palestine lab with French outlet Elucid
An extended interview with writer Thomas Le Bonniec in the French outlet Elucid about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and Israeli intelligence failures on 7 October, 2023. Read the whole thing: « La Palestine est le laboratoire d’armements et de surveillance d’Israël » – Élucid
Al Jazeera English interview on Hamas/Israel “truce” and risk of Israeli escalation
My interview on Al Jazeera English after the announcement of the temporary “truce” between Israel and Hamas and the major, stated risks of further Israeli bombardment of Gaza.