My monthly column in the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Can a nation remain on a permanent war footing and survive, even thrive? Israel is trying to find out. Although it has been in various conflicts with its Arab neighbours since 1948, the Netanyahu government has ramped up endless wars of occupation in Gaza and…
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The myth of Israeli invincibility
My monthly column with the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Who’s excited about the US and Israeli war on Iran? As the Middle East is on fire, from Tehran to Manama, the Israeli weapons industry is licking its lips at the prospect of future sales to the Gulf states, many of which have recently taken direct…
Cancelling Palestinians speak volumes about our twisted culture
My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: In early January, the board of the Adelaide Festival in Australia sent a letter to Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah to convey a shocking decision. A longtime critic of Israel, Abdel-Fattah was told her inclusion in the forthcoming Adelaide Writers’ Week would apparently be “culturally insensitive”.…
Israeli propaganda threatens us all
My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Within hours of the horrific, antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney this month, the Israeli government and its proxies started pushing false narratives, outright lies and racism to a grieving nation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Israeli ministers blamed an Australian government that…
The time for a Jewish reckoning over Gaza is now
My latest monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: There’s a desperate need for a moral reckoning among the global Jewish population after more than two years of Israeli-inflicted horrorsin Gaza. From the mass starvation of Palestinians to AI- and cloud-enabled killing, Jewish complicity, both in Israel and across the Diaspora, has been…
Israel’s booming arms sector shows signs of fear
My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: The Israeli arms industry has always been infused with hubris. This arrogance is due to the state selling weapons, surveillance tech and drones to more than 140 countries in recent decades. Much of the world has come to rely on Israeli expertise in this area,…
Middle East Eye interview on growing Silicon Valley complicity in Israel and militarisation
My latest long interview with the UK outlet, Middle East Eye, about Israel and Big Tech and Silicon Valley’s embrace of hardcore militarisation.
How Israel still believes that military “victories” bring legitimacy
My latest monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: War is good for business and geopolitical posturing. Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington in early February for his first visit to the US following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, he issued a bold statement on the strategic position of Israel. “The…
Trump admin is exacerbating anti-Semitism
My column for UK outlet Middle East Eye: The keffiyeh and watermelons are antisemitic symbols. That’s according to training that the New York Police Department received in January from outfits closely associated with the pro-Israelcommunity. The US magazine Jewish Currents, which obtained details about the training, questioned the focus of the presentation. “They are actively…