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…
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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…
The fig leaf of “self defence”
A positive review of my book, The Palestine Laboratory, published in the New Zealand media outlets, Asia Pacific Report, Café Pacific and The Daily Blog, by David Robie: Just months before the outbreak of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza after the deadly assault on southern Israel by Hamas resistance fighters, Australian investigative journalist and…
ABC Radio Australia on Palestine, immigration, free speech and Kissinger
I was invited onto ABC Australia’s RN’s Drive program last week, speaking alongside George Brandis, the former Federal Attorney General, to discuss Israel/Palestine, free speech, immigration and the death of Henry Kissinger.
#ReadPalestine
Through my UK/US publisher of The Palestine Laboratory, Verso, I was pleased to be involved in this recent initiative: A group of publishers has launched a week-long initiative encouraging people to read books by Palestinian authors and about Palestinian history by offering free ebooks. #ReadPalestine begins on Wednesday and runs until 5 December. The campaign…
Journalist responsibilities in a time of conflict
Soon after the 7 October attacks, University of Technology in Sydney organised a panel to discuss how the media covers Israel/Palestine. I spoke alongside many others and it was broadcast on ABC RN’s Big Ideas program: Rawan Damen Director-general, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism Zahera Harb International Journalism Studies Cluster lead, City University, London, former…
#NoTechForApartheid
I was honoured to speak at a recent global event on the tech industry and its collusions with Israeli occupation. Speakers: Caroline Hunter co-founded the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement. Marwa Fatafta leads Access Now’s policy & advocacy work on digital rights in MENA region. Mona Shtaya is Campaigns & Partnerships Manager (MENA) and Corporate Engagement…
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).