Following last year’s release of my film series, The Palestine Laboratory, on Al Jazeera English, it’s received a massive global audience. The Palestine Bookshelf in the US reviews the documentary:
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Dutch TV on the growth of the Palestine lab
The Dutch TV program VPRO Tegenlicht has featured my work around the Palestine laboratory and mass surveillance led by Big Tech in a 20 minute documentary.
The “moral taint” of Israeli firm, Cellebrite
Cellebrite is an Israeli “security” company, routinely used by law enforcement around the world to hack into mobile phones. There’s an interesting new study, published in the British Journal of Criminology, titled: “Should ‘Moral Taint’ Be a Factor in Police Technology Procurement? The Case of Cellebrite”. It’s worth a read and generously references my work…
Italy’s Wired Next Fest 2024 talking the Palestine lab
My book, The Palestine Laboratory, was recently released in Italy. Last weekend I was interviewed at Italy’s big Wired Next Fest about Palestine, Gaza and weapons sales from “battle-tested” territories.
Breaking Points interview on the growing “appeal” of Israeli defence
My interview today on popular US TV show, Breaking Points, about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and how an increasing number of US venture capital firms and Silicon Valley are looking to invest in Israeli defence start-ups, especially since 7 October.
Al Jazeera English interview on Israel using Gaza as vital testing ground
My latest Al Jazeera English interview on Israel using Gaza as as key testing ground, before and after 7 October, and Israel currently promoting/selling surveillance tech at global arms fairs.
The deep involvement of venture capital in the Israeli “security” industry
An interesting story out of Canada by journalist Tim Groves published in The Breach: Eleven days after Hamas attacked Israel in October, former prime minister Stephen Harper’s current business partner Yaron Ashkenazi wrote an op-ed about how their company would help the country “stop these evil terrorists in their tracks.” Their venture capital fund, Awz…
The Palestine Laboratory wins prestigious Walkleys Book Award of 2023
I’m excited to announce that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, is the winner of the Walkleys Book Award of 2023. It’s Australia’s leading journalism prize, the equivalent of the Pulitzers. In a time of such grief, violence and anger in the Middle East and beyond, I’m managing a range of emotions but thankful to the judging…
The invaluable role played by whistleblowers
John Kiriakou is a former CIA intelligence officer who became a whistle-blower, revealing the agency’s use of torture post 9/11. He now hosts a TV program, The Whistleblowers, and recently interviewed me about my book, The Palestine Laboratory. It broadcast around the world. The Palestine Laboratory – How Israel Exports the technology of occupation around…