Over the last 20 years, I’ve regularly visited the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem, the city’s finest bookstore. Its Palestinian owner, Mahmoud Muna, is a humane and witty man. It was therefore a treat to read his recent piece in the London Review of Books, mostly questioning the understanding and knowledge of Western journalists arriving…
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Inserting surveillance into the heart of Twitter
Here’s a story that’s received too little attention recently (via MintPress News): The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) is working with an Israeli tech firm to verify BlueTick subscribers, raising suspicions that personal data could fall into the hands of the Israeli government or private sector, both of whom have a long…
Surging Israeli surveillance in the West Bank
I was recently interviewed by the US outlet, Wired, about the reality of worsening mass surveillance in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Read the whole story by journalist Tom Bennett: Wired Surveillance copy
Ukrainian media on lessons from war in Gaza
The Ukrainian state media outlet, Suspilne Ukraine, interviews me about the crisis in the Middle East. We also talk about the similarities and differences between Ukraine and Gaza.
The Kashmir Times on the Palestine lab
In my book, The Palestine Laboratory, I examine the impact of Israeli and Indian policies on Muslim-majority Kashmir. I partly explain this through an interview with the editor of the Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin. She recently interviewed me about my book and the events of 7 October.
Don’t believe the AI hype that claims it makes war safer
There’s been a lot of hype, often pushed by Western nations, that AI-enabled warfare is more targeted. I spoke to Brian Merchant at the Los Angeles Times about this in the context of Israel’s war against Gaza: “The mistake has been, in the last two weeks, saying this was an intelligence failure. It wasn’t, it…
Social media as the “perfect” stage for Israeli war-making
My UK/US publisher, Verso, has published an extract of my book, The Palestine Laboratory, on how Israel uses social media to maximise war as spectacle. Here’s an extract: The November 2012 Israeli bombardment of Gaza, called Operation Pillar of Defense, was a seven-day war that killed 174 Palestinians and 6 Israelis and injured thousands more.…
The ties that bind between Palestine and indigenous Australia
I’ve long believed that it’s important to talk to people on contentious issues who aren’t just in our own bubbles. I recently spoke on the popular podcast, Not So PG, with hosts Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills, about the Israel/Palestine conflict and the ties between Indigenous Australians and Palestinian self-determination. Here’s a clip: View…
Melbourne’s Triple R radio interview on Australia’s failure to push for Gaza ceasefire
My recent interview with Melbourne’s great independent radio station, Triple R: Independent journalist Antony Loewenstein (author of The Palestine Laboratory) returns to The Grapevine to speak with guest host Judith Peppard. They cover the latest developments in Gaza since Antony’s previous conversation with Dylan Bird two weeks prior, including Australia’s Government abstaining from a United…
Background to the writing/thinking behind The Palestine Laboratory
Before my book, The Palestine Laboratory, was released in May, my UK/US publisher, Verso, asked me to answer some questions to generate media interest. None of us could have expected the avalanche of global interest in the months since. After the monumental events of 7 October, Verso published the Q&A and included some details about…