I was recently in Bali, Indonesia for the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival speaking on a range of issues from AI to Palestine and authoritarianism to Chinese literature. Just before I arrived, this story appeared in CNBC Indonesia by Arrijal Rachman on Israel’s occupation of Palestine and my book, The Palestine Laboratory. Read the whole…
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“This is not simply between Israel and Hamas. It’s much bigger than that.”
Tech Won’t Save Us is an invaluable podcast, hosted by Paris Marx, that takes a critical look at the tech world. I was interviewed by Paris in July about my book, The Palestine Laboratory. After the horrific Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, Paris reached out to discuss the ramifications of the onslaught and…
Israel’s hi-tech weaponry doesn’t protect civilians
My recent interview with US outlet, Defence One, by journalist Patrick Tucker: If Israeli defense forces launch a ground offensive into Gaza, they could use a mix of drone-enabled hacking tactics to find Hamas targets, coordinating cyber operations and tactical drones in a way that no other country has achieved. But the conflict has already revealed…
When this Jew rocked up to Gaza
My recent piece in Australian outlet Crikey: “You’re a Jew,” the Israeli border guard told me at the Erez checkpoint, the border crossing between Israel and Gaza. “Why do you want to go into Gaza? It’s full of terrorists.” I’ve been visiting Gaza as a journalist since 2009 and every time I entered I faced…
Al Jazeera English interview on US intelligence boost for Israel
My latest Al Jazeera English interview on the CIA director visiting the Middle East and the US intelligence gathering base in central Australia, Pine Gap, giving intel to Israel in its war against Gaza, as reported exclusively by Declassified Australia last week (in a story that’s gone global and viral). PS. I mis-spoke near the…
The Palestine Laboratory is short-listed for best book of the year at the Walkley Awards
Yesterday I was rapt to discover that my book, The Palestine Laboratory, is a short-list finalist for best book of the year in Australia’s leading journalism prize, The Walkley Awards. After being recently long-listed, amongst 9 titles, I’m happy that my years-long investigation is now a a serious contender with two other books. Independent journalism…
Al Jazeera English’s The Listening Post on lies in a time of war
Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post is its weekly media analysis program. I’m interviewed on this week’s episode talking about the Hamas/Gaza war and how only fools believe everything spoken by the military in a time of conflict.
Al Jazeera Mubasher interview on Hamas/Israel and the Palestine lab
My interview on 13 October with Al Jazeera Mubasher, the network’s ‘live’ channel, on the surging violence in Palestine, my book The Palestine Laboratory, and speaking out as a Jewish critic of Israel. And yes, the interview is in Arabic (I spoke in English and it was translated).
Interview in Spain’s El Periódico newspaper on the Palestine laboratory
Last week I was interviewed by Spanish journalist Carles Planas Bou for the leading Spanish newspaper, El Periódico, about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and Israel’s devastating war with Hamas. Read the whole story here: Antony Loewenstein: Palestine is a laboratory of repression that Israel exports to the whole world
On intelligence failures and Israel/Hamas
After the recent Hamas attack on Israel, there’s been much discussion about the Israeli (and American) intelligence failures. I spoke to Al Jazeera’s podcast, The Take, about it all, especially in relation to my book, The Palestine Laboratory: An Israeli ground invasion of Gaza appears all but set to begin. It’s an invasion that the…