I’m honoured to be a long-list finalist for the Moore Prize, a global literary and human rights award. My book, The Palestine Laboratory, has been selected alongside 13 other titles. The Moore Prize is international, with submissions coming from all over the English speaking world (and beyond through translations). Its headquarters are in the UK.…
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BBC World Service interview on The Palestine Laboratory
My interview on the BBC World Service’s daily program, Newsday, about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory. I talked with the host James Copnall about the EU use of Israeli drones and the Israeli arms industry:
Democracy Now! covers The Palestine Laboratory
The US TV show, Democracy Now!, interviewed me in a long 20-minute segment on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, where we discussed the EU use of Israeli drones, ethno-nationalism, Israeli spyware et al. I’ve previously appeared on Democracy Now! in 2008, 2013 and 2015.
“Antony Loewenstein has brought a book to a gunfight”
My new book, The Palestine Laboratory, was positively reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age on the weekend in a piece written by Michael Ruffles: Antony Loewenstein has brought a book to a gunfight, taking on Israel’s enormous and expanding military-industrial complex and invasive cyber spy operations with the low-tech tool of words…
ABC Radio National Drive interview on The Palestine Laboratory
My interview on Australia’s Radio National’s Drive program talking about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, where we discuss my family’s Jewish trajectory, Israel’s testing of weapons in Palestine and the threat that this poses to the world.
The New Arab praises The Palestine Laboratory
A great review of my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, in the London-based The New Arab by Martorell Junyent: Israeli weapons companies often promote their products for export by emphasising that they are “battle-tested.” Marketing weapons in such a way is misleading, to say the least. Ever since the end of the 1973 October War,…
When TikTok welcomes The Palestine Laboratory
TikTok is one of the biggest apps in the world so it’s pleasing to see this pro-Palestine account, with a large following, talking positively about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory: @anat_international Thank you @Verso Books ???????? #palestine #books #palestinebooks #booktok #bookmail ♬ original sound – anat_international
The Financial Times reviews The Palestine Laboratory
The Financial Times has reviewed my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and it feels like 7/10. Written by journalist Mehul Srivastava, I disagree with many of his criticisms but that’s the life of an author. Here’s the intro: Warfare is, among many things, a spectacular advertisement for weapons, especially in the age of television. Having watched…
Middle East Eye strongly reviews The Palestine Laboratory
My new book, The Palestine Laboratory, has been very positively reviewed in the UK-based outlet, Middle East Eye, by Long Road Magazine co-founder and journalist Patrick O. Strickland: As the Israeli colonisation of Palestine plods forward at a breakneck pace and its own facade of democracy trembles, Loewenstein’s book stands out as a new addition…
Discussing the Afghan war with Andrew Quilty
Photojournalist Andrew Quilty spent years reporting in Afghanistan and published a book about his experiences, August in Kabul. I reviewed it for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age in August 2022. My interview with Quilty, conduced at the Newcastle Writer’s Festival late March 2023, covers the war itself, the return of the Taliban and…