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…
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“The Palestine Laboratory is an invaluable primer”
A strong review of my book, The Palestine Laboratory, in US outlet, The New Republic: Here’s an extract: If you know where to look, the alliance between our two countries appears deeply strained despite claims to the contrary, and yet a certain harmony remains. The Palestine Laboratory is an invaluable primer on how the West…
Beware the Israeli-led “war on terror”
My article in Al Jazeera English explaining the ways in which Israel is (re) launching a global “war on terror” with the US playing the role of weapons-providing wingman. Here’s an extract: It is easy to get distracted by US officials pledging to rally support for a “humanitarian pause” and reducing the number of civilian…
“On Oct. 7, Palestinians in Gaza escaped from their laboratory cage”
Chris Hedges is a veteran American foreign correspondent who’s reported from some of the major conflicts in the last decades. In his latest article, Israel Is Shutting Down Its Human Laboratory In Gaza, he details the ways in which Palestine is an effective testing ground for new weapons and surveillance: On Oct. 7, Palestinians in…
Gaza in 2023 as the ultimate testing ground
Since the 7 October Hamas attacks, I’ve seen Israel using/testing weapons + surveillance equipment in Gaza. Journalist Paddy Dowling interviewed me about this in Al Jazeera English: “Israel’s weapons will continue to remain attractive to international buyers based on performance in the occupation,” Loewenstein said. “But Israel is not just selling weapons; they’re selling the…
The Daily Beast on Israeli-hyped pink-washing
In my book, The Palestine Laboratory, I investigate the reality of Israeli “pink-washing“. It’s “a deliberate strategy to conceal the continuing violations of Palestinians’ human rights behind an image of modernity signified by Israeli gay life”, wrote Sarah Schulman in the New York Times in 2011. Since the 7 October Hamas attacks and Israeli response…
CNN Turkey interview on the Palestine laboratory
My recent interview with CNN Turkey about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and the importance of Jewish dissent over Israel/Palestine. Yes, I spoke English and it was translated into Turkish.
Talking the Palestine lab with French outlet Elucid
An extended interview with writer Thomas Le Bonniec in the French outlet Elucid about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and Israeli intelligence failures on 7 October, 2023. Read the whole thing: « La Palestine est le laboratoire d’armements et de surveillance d’Israël » – Élucid
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…
Uncovering Australia’s dirty role in arming Israel
Australia is playing a huge, though largely obscured role, in arming Israel in its war against Gaza. A correspondent at Declassified Australia, Kellie Tranter, recently explained Australia’s key role in fitting out the F-35 fighter jet currently being used by Israel. I was interviewed about these issues for Al Jazeera English: Antony Loewenstein, an Australian…