Writer and author Naomi Klein has written a new column in the Guardian about the US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr where she methodically debunks his populist appeal. I’m grateful for her mention, when discussing Kennedy’s blind embrace of Israel, of my new book: Myth #3: He is anti-war and pro-human rights. Kennedy is…
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Greens deputy leader Dr Mehreen Faruqi launches The Palestine Laboratory
Last week in Sydney, I launched my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, at Gleebooks to a packed, overflowing audience. The atmosphere was electric with a real appetite for hear about the reality of Israel’s occupation being a major export business. I was introduced by Deputy Greens Leader, Senator Dr Mehreen Faruqi, who gave a powerful…
Israeli spyware undermines global democracy
A key part of my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, revolves around Israeli spyware. US outlet In These Times has published an edited extract from this section. Here’s a taster: Griselda Triana is a Mexican journalist, and human rights activist whose husband, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, was slain by a drug cartel on May 15, 2017, in Culiacán,…
Electronic Intifada on the how and why of testing weapons in Palestine
My interview with Nora Barrows-Friedman at the US-based Electronic Intifada on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, is a wide-ranging discussion on how Israel tests weapons in Palestine and explains why the Jewish state has become the 10th biggest arms dealer in the world: On episode 78, we’re joined by journalist, filmmaker and best-selling author…
The Australian Greens strengthens its policy on Israel/Palestine
My story in the Australian outlet Crikey on the Greens political party releasing an updated policy on Israel/Palestine: The Australian Greens announced a new policy on Israel and Palestine this week and it’s already causing conniptions in the pro-Israel lobby. After the party released details about its revised position, stating that Israel is “practising the…
TRT World interview on Saudi and Israeli romancing
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World on the growing push by the US and Israel to make the friendship with Saudi Arabia official.
Better Reading interview on Zionism, Judaism and Palestine
Better Reading is the most popular books-related podcast in Australia. My interview with its founder, director Cheryl Akle, was a personal and political examination of Judaism, Zionism, abusing history and my new book, The Palestine Laboratory:
Background Briefing interview on Palestine, Wikileaks and war crimes
My interview with the LA-based radio program, Background Briefing, on my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, the ongoing US persecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and a major win for truthful journalism last week in a case about war crimes in Afghanistan: Background Briefing with Ian Masters · Exporting the Technology of Repression and Australia’s…
The Canadian role in Israel’s endless occupation
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) interviewed me about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and we discussed how the occupation is being exported and the rise and importance of civil resistance to these weapons of war.
How Israeli phone hacking tool conquered the world
Israeli intelligence company Cellebrite is not well-known and yet it’s ubiquitous around the world. One of its main products is used to hack mobile phones, deployed by repressive regimes like Russia and China and countless Australian and US government departments. A section of my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, investigates Cellebrite. Declassified Australia has just…