I delivered this paper last month at the UC Berkeley conference, Virtual Internment: Islamophobia, Surveillance and Unequal Citizenship. It was sponsored by the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project directed by Hatem Bazian. The video of my talk is posted here. Israel’s military-intelligence apparatus specializes in developing cyber-technology, … [Read more...]
BREAKING: IDF Names New Commander After Disastrous Gaza Operation, His Identity is Censored
חשיפה: המועמד לפקד על מערך המבצעים המיוחדים של אמ"ן (ולשקם אותו אחרי כשלון הפעולה בעזה) הוא תא"ל אביהוד בן-ארי, לשעבר נספח צה"ל באיטליה Several months ago, I violated Israeli military censorship to report on the death of a senior officer in Israel's élite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal. He'd been tasked with planting spy devices inside Gaza. Due to major … [Read more...]
Israel and the Selling of the Surveillance State
Over the weekend, I traveled to UC Berkeley to deliver a paper at an Islamophobia academic conference. This was the 10th anniversary of the event (I spoke at last year's as well) hosted by the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project. The series was founded by Prof. Hatem Bazian, who also co-founded Zaytuna College, the first U.S. undergraduate … [Read more...]
Rafi Eitan: Israel’s Notorious Spymaster, Deconstructed
NOTE: As a freelance journalist you look for major events for which you believe your editors might wish to commission a piece. Such was the occasion of Rafi Eitan's death. As it happens, none of my media outlets were interested in my pitch about this. But I think his story offers many lessons regarding the use and abuse of Israel's intelligence … [Read more...]
