My interview on RT’s Going Underground on Israeli politics, failures of mainstream media, the essential Wikileaks and the shameful incarceration of Julian Assange.
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Rising Palestinian voices
My recent interview with Bay FM, a great community radio station in Byron Bay, Australia. The interviewer Fernando has constructed an interesting, podcast-style production on Israel/Palestine: BayFM 99.9 · Palestine Special with Mohammed & Muna El-Kurd and Antony Loewenstein 14.06.21
Roles and responsibilities of a journalist
After the recent violence in Palestine and Israel, Australian, Muslim community network Clued TV was involved in raising funds to help the people of Palestine. I was interviewed about my work as a journalist. Segment starts at 2 hours 56 seconds:
Shaping and skewing coverage of Israel/Palestine
I participated in this event earlier in the week on the role and responsibility of the media when reporting on Israel/Palestine. It was organised by the UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion and UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Sydney, Australia. Over 250 people attended the event via Zoom: How does the…
What Naftali Bennett means for occupied Palestine
My TV interview on global broadcaster TRT World about Israel’s far-right politician Naftali Bennett.
“Battle-testing” weapons during unnecessary conflicts
Whenever there’s another round of fighting between Israel and Hamas, both sides develop/hone their defence systems. Israel often tests new weapons and then promotes them to the world as “battle-tested”. I was interviewed by UK-outlet Middle East Eye (the article is also in French): Antony Loewenstein, an independent journalist who was recently based in Jerusalem and is…
What freedom in Palestine could look like
The most intense fighting between Israel and Hamas may have stopped for now but the human rights abuses in Palestine live on. Yesterday I was asked to speak at a large Palestine rally in Sydney’s CBD. I’ve long believed that it’s vital to speak out as a Jew in support of Palestinian rights:
How the media should report more fairly on Palestine/Israel
In the last weeks since the publication of a petition that I helped write, Do Better on Palestine, there’s been a lot of media backlash and public support. It’s a call for the media to more fairly and accurately report on Israel/Palestine. US-based outlet The Intercept has just covered the whole saga and helpfully places…
Ending the occupation is the only way
My following letter appears in today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Advocacy of a just outcome of the Israel/Palestine conflict is not helped by falsehoods as those proclaimed by Paul Rubenstein (“If you cheer for Hamas, know it wants Israel wiped out”, May 27). Concerning the latest destruction in Gaza, it beggars belief to claim that the…
Sky News TV interview on Gaza, media bias and occupation
My Sky News TV interview today on the ongoing war in Gaza, media misrepresentation of the besieged territory and Palestinian solidarity. My previous Sky News interview on Israel/Palestine this week is here.