My book, The Palestine Laboratory, was recently released in a Japanese edition. Here’s a very positive, albeit short, review in the Nikkei newspaper (owned by the FT): ■『パレスチナ実験場』アントニー・ローウェンスティン著 イスラエルはドローンやサイバー兵器などの軍事技術の先進国だ。占領しているパレスチナを実験場として「実証済み」の兵器をさかんに輸出し、他国の紛争や弾圧に加担していると著者は論じる。 大規模な監視やハッキングを駆使する「占領技術」がイスラエルから広がることにも警鐘を鳴らした。その裏にはパレスチナの民間人の犠牲があり、倫理や国際法の無視がまかり通る深い闇がある。 最近の戦闘で激しく破壊されたパレスチナ自治区ガザの惨状を思えばなおのこと、こうした構造に無頓着ではいられまい。日本にも関係がある。防衛費の増額で、各国の防衛産業から有望な市場と見なされているのだ。河野純治訳。(岩波書店・3960円) Palestine Proving Ground” by Anthony Lowenstein Israel is a leader in military technology, including drones and cyberweapons. The author argues that Israel is using…
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The Palestine Laboratory praised in strong Japanese book review
My book, The Palestine Laboratory, was recently released in a Japanese edition. Here’s a very positive review in the leading Japanese newspaper, The Asahi Shimbun (in English translation): Gaza, where a ceasefire was established in October last year, continued to attack by Israel, and the death toll in Gaza is estimated to have reached about…
Japan’s growing drift towards Israel
Following the recent release of the Japanese edition of my book, The Palestine Laboratory, there’s growing evidence that the government in Tokyo wants to deepen its ties with Israel. I was asked to record a short video for an event held recently in Tokyo to pressure the Japanese government not to purchase Israeli-made drones. My…
The Palestine Laboratory is now out in Japanese
I’m excited to announce that my global best-selling book, The Palestine Laboratory, is now out in Japanese with the fantastic publisher, Iwanami Shoten:
Underbelly of Japan
My following book review appeared in yesterday’s Sydney Sun-Herald: Tokyo Vice: A Western Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan Jake Adelstein (Scribe, $35) What’s a nice Jewish boy doing in a place like this? It’s a question that haunts this fascinating memoir about a world largely off-limits to Western audiences. Japan is a curious…
Animals and sex, a how-to guide
How to be an Australian journalist in Japan. (While keeping your head in the process.)
Blogging is like breathing
Who said blogging isn’t taking over the world? Compared to the English-speaking world, the Japanese have gone blog wild. They write Web logs at per capita rates that are off the global charts. Although English speakers outnumber Japanese speakers by more than 5-1, slightly more blog postings are written in Japanese than in English, according…
