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…
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…
My latest interview on Al Jazeera English on day one of the “truce” between Israel and Hamas and a key reason why Western states back Israel.
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…
Last weekend, I published the following story in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age on the one-state solution for Israel/Palestine. It’s an issue I’ve thought about for many years including in a book I co-edited in 2013 with Palestinian Ahmed Moor called After Zionism. Here’s an extract from my latest piece: The two-state solution…
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…
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…
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…
Aside from the horrific reality in Gaza since 7 October 2023, there’s been a surge in settler and solider-led violence in the occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera English made a film about this situation and interviewed me about the facts on the ground, having reported from the West Bank for nearly 20 years, and the…
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.