The Palestine Laboratory

Award-winning Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein investigates Israel's development of "technology of occupation", in which weapons and other military tech are tested in Palestine and then sold worldwide. Also released as a two-part docuseries.

"In episode one, in Israel and Palestine, the film examines how Israel positions itself as a world leader in hi-tech weapons and surveillance technology... Hearing from both Israelis and Palestinians, the film explores how... the military intelligence Unit 8200 acts as an incubator for Israeli surveillance tech start-ups. In addition, it examines Israel’s use of AI targeting systems in Gaza.

Episode two... takes Loewenstein on an international journey to reveal how this “technology of occupation” is used to subjugate and surveil political dissidents, human rights activists and journalists all over the world... It reveals how the latest Israeli technology is being used to monitor refugees and migrants in Greece and along the US-Mexico border. Loewenstein visits Mexico to explore its use of Israeli spyware and travels to India to discover how a thriving arms trade fosters close links between the two nations. In South Africa, he uncovers a hidden aspect of the country’s history which saw a secret relationship between the apartheid-era government and Israel, centred on a clandestine arms trade and shared values." (Al Jazeera).

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