Since the publication of this public statement on Friday, hundreds of people have signed on to show support for fairer coverage of Israel/Palestine: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Antony Loewenstein (@antloewenstein)
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Decades of settler-colonialism in focus
I was interviewed by global broadcaster TRT World about the latest violence in Israel/Palestine and how it fits into a long history of occupation and discrimination: What is happening in Sheikh Jarrah might also amount to a war crime, a recent EU statement suggested, seeing it as an “alarming” development. Israeli settlements across Palestine are illegal, violating…
Violence, forced evictions and racism in Israel/Palestine
My analysis of the latest crisis in Israel and Palestine published today in Australian outlet Crikey: Violence, destruction and death in Israel plays right into Netanyahu’s hands
TRT World interview on ongoing, undeclared conflict between Israel, Syria and Iran
A Syrian surface-to-air missile exploded in southern Israel this week in an incident that triggered warning sirens in an area near the secretive Dimona nuclear reactor. I spoke to global broadcaster TRT World about the ramifications:
The rise and rise of (bought and sold) suicide drones
Israel sells huge amounts of defence equipment to some of the worst autocrats in the world. A recent scandal, mostly ignored in the Western media, revolves around Israeli-designed suicide drones being sold to China. Journalist Shir Hever interviewed me about the story for Middle East Eye: Antony Loewenstein, an independent journalist, filmmaker and author, said…
Accountability in Palestine?
After the recent news that the International Criminal Court made an historic decision to allow its prosecutor to investigate war crimes in Palestine, I was asked by global broadcaster TRT World to comment: Antony Loewenstein, an independent author and film-maker who lived in Jerusalem from 2016-2020, is also happy about the ICC decision. “The recent…
The ongoing torture of Julian Assange
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is one step closer to being released after a UK judge found that he couldn’t be extradited to the US. Maybe. There’s still a long road ahead: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Antony Loewenstein (@antloewenstein)
The Project TV interview on The Conspiracy Virus podcast series
My podcast series with journalist Olivia Rosenman, The Conspiracy Virus, has just been released. It tackles Covid-19, vaccines and climate change and the range of conspiracies around them. Tonight I was interviewed on the popular Australian TV program The Project about it: Need a hand debunking some of the biggest conspiracy theories of the year?…
The Conspiracy Virus podcast
Conspiracy theories have existed forever. In the modern age, think of the supposedly fake moon landing or 9/11 being an inside job (hint: it wasn’t). I’ve spent much of this year working with journalist Olivia Rosenman on a podcast series, The Conspiracy Virus, which has just been released by one of Australia’s biggest media outlets,…
Australia’s role in suppressing Palestinian rights
My first essay/analysis for US outlet Jacobin: Why Australia Supports Israel’s Oppression of the Palestinians