Reassessing Jewish identity around Israel/Palestine

Reassessing Jewish identity around Israel/Palestine

A column in today’s Canberra Times newspaper by journalist Jenna Price examines her own Jewish identity. She interviewed me yesterday about my work on Israel/Palestine: Nearly 20 years ago, I interviewed a then young Jewish Australian author Antony Loewenstein about his new book My Israel Question. It was one of those books that really said…

Deep diving on the threat of Israeli ethno-nationalism

Deep diving on the threat of Israeli ethno-nationalism

I enjoyed this podcast on Melbourne’s 3CR Radio, Yeah Nah Pasaran!, talking about my book, The Palestine Laboratory, and the Israeli war with Hamas. This is how the show is described: Examining, through an anti-fascist lens, ethno-nationalism, white supremacy and neo-fascism in so-called Australia, Aotearoa & around the world. Andy Fleming & Cam Smith talk…

Truthout interview on the Palestine lab

Truthout interview on the Palestine lab

My interview on the US outlet Truthout podcast, recorded before the Hamas attack on Israel in early October, on my book, The Palestine Laboratory: “The danger now is not just in Palestine for Palestinians. It’s gone well beyond that now. It’s exported, the idea that you can export occupation, you can export the tools of…

The Palestine Laboratory scores Walkley finalist position

The Palestine Laboratory scores Walkley finalist position

I’m excited to announce that my latest book, The Palestine Laboratory, published by Scribe in Australia and Verso in the US and UK, has been long-listed for Australia’s most prestigious journalism award, The Walkleys: I’m honoured to be a finalist alongside these fine other authors: Jackie Dent, The Great Dead Body Teachers, Ultimo Press Christine Kenneally,…

Radio New Zealand interview on Hamas/Israel war

Radio New Zealand interview on Hamas/Israel war

I was interviewed yesterday on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report about the latest between Hamas and Gaza: The UN is calling for essential supplies of food, water and fuel to reach civilians in Gaza under Israeli bombardment and blockade. Antony Loewenstein is an Australian-German Jewish journalist and author of The Palestine Laboratory who was based…

From Palestine to the US/Mexico border

From Palestine to the US/Mexico border

A regular theme in my book, The Palestine Laboratory, is how Israel’s repressive border tech and policies influence other nations including the United States. US journalist Todd Miller regularly writes about the US/Mexico border and in a recent piece explains how Israel’s Elbit surveillance towers, situated along the US/Mexico border, are directly connected to the…

The Palestine lab reaches Pakistan

The Palestine lab reaches Pakistan

A great review of my book, The Palestine Laboratory, in the Pakistani outlet, Ary News, by M. Ali Siddiqui: This book ‘The Palestine Laboratory’ is a sharp exposé of how Israel’s suppression of Palestine has translated into lucrative security systems that the Israeli government exports globally. In the introduction, Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein, an “atheist…

Greed, privatisation and the tech Palestinian laboratory

Greed, privatisation and the tech Palestinian laboratory

The thesis of my book, The Palestine Laboratory, continues to resonate around the world. In Spain, journalist Marta Peirano writes in the leading newspaper, El Pais, about the significance of Israeli arms and repressive tech in the hands of autocrats and dictatorships. Here’s the English translation (via Google translate): The most militarized country in the…

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