It has been three years since Israel began committing genocide in Gaza, and decades of apartheid and ethnic cleansing in the occupied Palestinian territories. Palestine also serves as Israel’s laboratory for testing weapons and surveillance technologies, which are then exported—labeled “battle-tested”—to countries around the world, including the worst dictatorships, such as Russia and Saudi Arabia.

A book by Australian investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein, based on eyewitness accounts, classified documents, and reports, exposes the connections between the Israeli power structure and the technology and arms industries, which test weapons, surveillance technologies, and tools of repression for the global market on the Palestinian population.

Currently, Israeli aggression is escalating not only in Palestine but also in southern Lebanon, which it is systematically razing to the ground without much attention from the global or Czech media. Representatives of the Lebanese community in Prague will share their personal experiences with the Israeli occupation.

This will be followed by an online discussion with the author of the book, during which we will discuss how Gaza has become a testing ground for the Israeli military. The program will be accompanied by a musical performance by part of the group Xadrex.

Antony Loewenstein is an independent Australian-German journalist, writer, and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in publications such as The Guardian, Ha’aretz, and The New York Times. He is best known for his books on Israel, Palestine, and global power politics, including My Israel Question, Disaster Capitalism, and The Palestine Laboratory, which examines how Israel develops and exports military and surveillance technologies. He also makes documentary films and runs an independent news newsletter. He reports from conflict zones and writes about human rights, occupation, and the privatization of crises.

Limited capacity; registration here. The event is organized in collaboration with the publishing house Neklid, which is publishing the book, and the publishing house UTOPIA LIBRI.