Organiser · October 7, 2026
October 7 Hamas Attack: The day innocent Israelis became targetRavi Mishra's piece for the anniversary of October 7 quotes Natan Kenig, one of the ZAKA volunteers Penzel interviewed for the book, and credits Penzel as the one "who has documented these brutalities."
Henrik Beckheim Podcast (podcast) · September 8, 2026
The darkest testimonies from October 7 – Alon PenzelA seventy-minute Norwegian interview with Penzel on the survivor and first-responder testimony behind the book, and on his own work as a foreign-press spokesperson in COGAT.
Makor Rishon · March 17, 2026
"אם לא ניאבק באנטישמיות, אם נשתוק, היא רק תתגבר"Makor Rishon ran a full interview with Alon Penzel about the Luton airport incident and the year and a half of legal pressure that ended in a public apology. He talks about writing Testimonies Without Boundaries, speaking in 26 countries, and why staying quiet about antisemitism only makes it worse.
BBC News · March 10, 2026
Luton Airport apologised to Israeli author detained by staffThe BBC covered London Luton Airport's apology to Alon Penzel, who was detained and questioned there in 2024 while carrying a placard for his October 7 testimony book. Penzel spoke to the BBC directly, and the airport gave the broadcaster its own statement.
Jewish News (UK) · March 10, 2026
Luton airport issues apology to Israeli author for 2024 incidentJewish News reported the Luton Airport apology to Alon Penzel alongside the airport's narrower public statement, and pressed it on what the new staff training actually covers and whether any UK Jewish organisation was consulted. The airport did not answer.
mako / N12 · March 10, 2026
ההתנצלות של נמל התעופה "לוטון" לאחר התקרית האנטישמיתN12 reported London-Luton Airport's public apology to Alon Penzel and carried what he told the channel about it — that it sets a precedent in the fight against antisemitism, and that he now travels with private security and has at times lectured in a flak jacket.
The Algemeiner · March 9, 2026
London’s Luton Airport Apologizes to Israeli Author, Enhances Staff Training After Discriminatory IncidentThe Algemeiner reported Luton Airport's apology to Alon Penzel over the 2024 incident in which security staff took his placard and his passport, and the training changes the airport announced afterward.
Jewish Insider · March 9, 2026
A pro-Israel Muslim Democrat walks a tightrope in PhillyJewish Insider's Daily Kickoff carried the Luton Airport apology to Alon Penzel as a news item, and billed him by name at the top of the newsletter alongside the Qatari prime minister and Gov. Josh Shapiro.
United with Israel · March 9, 2026
UK Airport Apologizes to Israeli Author After Antisemitic Detention, Announces Staff TrainingUnited with Israel wrote up the Luton Airport apology to Alon Penzel, quoting his account of what the security officer said about October 7 and the airport's assurance that Jewish and Israeli passengers are welcome. Bylined Shula Rosen, sourced to the Times of Israel.
Israel Hayom (Hebrew edition) · March 8, 2026
הסופר הישראלי שדרכונו הוחרם בנמל התעופה בלונדון: "לא יעצרו אותנו"Israel Hayom's Hebrew edition ran an exclusive on Alon Penzel's address to the House of Lords and his response to the Luton apology, quoting remarks he gave the paper directly. It describes Testimonies Without Boundaries as translated into eight languages and distributed abroad by the Foreign Ministry.
The Jewish Chronicle · March 8, 2026
Luton Airport enhances staff training after ‘antisemitic’ targeting of Israeli authorThe Jewish Chronicle covered Luton Airport's apology to Alon Penzel and its promise of further staff training, after he was detained and questioned at the end of a UK trip promoting his October 7 testimony book.
The Times of Israel · March 8, 2026
Luton Airport apologizes, promises enhanced staff training after alleged antisemitismLuton Airport apologized to Alon Penzel for how its security staff treated him in November 2024, when he was stopped over a placard for his October 7 testimony book and an “End Jew Hatred” sweatshirt. The Times of Israel reported the apology and the airport's promise of more staff training.
Walla! News · March 8, 2026
שדה התעופה הבריטי מתנצל רשמית בפני סופר ישראלי לאחר אירוע אנטישמיWalla reported that London-Luton Airport formally apologised to Alon Penzel, the Israeli author of Testimonies Without Boundaries, after security staff detained and questioned him on his way home in November 2024. The piece walks through the UKLFI legal action that produced the apology.
HonestReporting Canada · February 5, 2026
Why We Cannot Let the World Forget The Massacres Of October 7: An Insightful Conversation With Author Alon PenzelPenzel sits down with HonestReporting Canada's Robert Walker for a full episode on the people rewriting October 7 in real time, and on the firsthand testimony he gathered for Testimonies Without Boundaries.
Vox magazine (Radboud University) · June 3, 2025
'Polarisation becomes problematic when conversations are only about being right'Vox asks Radboud's rector, Jose Sanders, whether hosting Penzel the night before fell under academic freedom. She says the university judged him by the same criteria it used for earlier controversial speakers on both sides, and defends having given him the room.
Vox magazine (Radboud University) · June 2, 2025
Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt lecture by Israeli author at Spinoza BuildingRadboud University's independent magazine reports on the pro-Palestine protest that disrupted Penzel's lecture in Nijmegen. Around 25 demonstrators banged on the windows of the Spinoza Building for over an hour, and activists who got inside interrupted the talk one by one until security escorted them out.
FIDF · May 27, 2025
Bearing Witness: Alon Penzel's Mission to Document the Unspeakable Truth of October 7thAn FIDF profile of Alon Penzel and the work behind his October 7 testimony project.
The Jerusalem Post · May 8, 2025
Rewriting victimhood into resilience post-Oct. 7 and post-HolocaustA Jerusalem Post essay surveying books written after October 7 calls Testimonies Without Boundaries a remarkable achievement, and quotes Alon Penzel on why he set out to record the accounts while they were still fresh.
United with Israel · December 17, 2024
Times Square Billboard Shows Footage from October 7th MassacreUnited with Israel ran the Algemeiner's report on the Times Square billboard Penzel funded and organized, which showed images from October 7 alongside the cover of Testimonies Without Boundaries. Penzel told the Algemeiner he put the book in the world's most famous square so anyone trying to deny that day would have to look at it.
The Algemeiner · December 16, 2024
Times Square Billboard Displays Images From Oct. 7 Hamas Terrorist Attack in IsraelThe Algemeiner covered the Times Square billboard Alon Penzel funded and organised, which ran images from October 7 alongside the cover of Testimonies Without Boundaries. He told the paper he put the book in the world's most famous square to answer the people trying to deny the massacre, and recalled Amazon's initial blacklisting of it.
San Diego Jewish World · December 11, 2024
OpEd: Anti-Israel Outrages Throughout the English-Speaking WorldColumnist Bruce Ticker runs through a week of antisemitic incidents across the English-speaking world and gives several paragraphs to Penzel, held for an hour at Luton Airport and lectured by a security officer about 1948 while carrying a poster for his October 7 testimony book.
Daily Mail · December 8, 2024
Israeli author 'subjected to anti-semitism' after being detained at British airport having 'offensive' poster about October 7 attacksA day after the Telegraph, the Mail ran Alon Penzel's account of being stopped at Luton Airport over a sign carrying the title of his October 7 testimony book, and reported that the airport had promised an investigation. Penzel is pursuing legal action.
The Telegraph · December 7, 2024
Israeli author 'subjected to anti-Semitic abuse by security' at Luton AirportLuton Airport opened an investigation after Alon Penzel was pulled aside at the departure gate and held about 90 minutes over a sign carrying the title of his October 7 testimony book. He had spent the week promoting it in London, including a House of Lords event, and is now taking legal action over what happened.
The Locher Room (podcast) · December 3, 2024
Testimonies of Courage with Alon Penzel: Reflecting on October 7th, 2023Alan Locher gave Penzel an hour on Testimonies Without Boundaries, in an episode framed around the first anniversary of October 7. They work through the ZAKA volunteers, the forensic institute and the Nova survivors whose accounts the book puts on the record.
Atlanta Jewish Times · October 30, 2024
'Testimonies Without Boundaries' Shares Powerful StoriesAn Atlanta Jewish Times review of Testimonies Without Boundaries, which calls the collection haunting and hard to put down.
American Thinker · October 12, 2024
Iron Dome Jew vs. Beeper JewEileen F. Toplansky's essay on Hamas takes its account of October 7 from Testimonies Without Boundaries, quoting at length the ZAKA volunteers Penzel interviewed for the book.
Rough Draft Atlanta · October 8, 2024
Thousands remember Israel's Oct. 7 victims, hostages in Sandy SpringsRough Draft Atlanta covered the Oct. 7 commemoration in Sandy Springs, where Alon Penzel read an account from Testimonies Without Boundaries and told the crowd that because Oct. 7 was graphic and hard to hear, the atrocities are exactly what should be remembered.
The Algemeiner · October 7, 2024
Expert on Oct. 7 Terrorist Attack Notes the One Positive Outcome of the Hamas MassacreOn the first anniversary of the attack, The Algemeiner interviewed Alon Penzel at length about the reporting behind Testimonies Without Boundaries and about the one thing he says October 7 produced: a Jewish and Israeli public more united than it had been in years. The piece notes his COGAT foreign-press service and that his childhood friend Matan Angrest was among the hostages.
Arutz Sheva — Israel National News · September 22, 2024
'Testimonies Without Boundaries' | Writing the tragic history, as it is happeningArutz Sheva interviewed Alon Penzel at the IAC conference about Testimonies Without Boundaries, and why he chose to document the October 7 atrocities without softening the details.
IAC360 (Israeli-American Council) · September 22, 2024
'Testimonies Without Boundaries' | Writing the tragic history, as it is happeningThe Israeli-American Council's press room ran a short item on Alon Penzel's interview at the IAC conference, where he talked about deciding to write a book documenting the October 7th atrocities without censoring the details.
Al-Monitor · September 11, 2024
Israeli authors tackle trauma of October 7 with wordsAFP surveyed the wave of Israeli books written since October 7 and Al-Monitor ran it. The piece names Penzel for Testimonies Without Boundaries, the blood-covered teddy bear he picked for the cover, and the accounts it collects from rescue workers, doctors and other witnesses.
All Israel News · September 10, 2024
Amazon rejects two Oct 7 books for violating guidelines, later reverses decisionAll Israel News covered Amazon blocking Testimonies Without Boundaries for two weeks and then reversing itself, quoting Penzel saying the company never explained the ban beyond a line about violating its guidelines.
The Times of Israel · September 10, 2024
Why did Amazon blacklist – and then permit – two books based on Oct. 7 testimonies?Amazon blocked Testimonies Without Boundaries for two weeks and then reversed itself without ever saying what rule the book had broken. The Times of Israel covered it alongside a second October 7 testimony book caught the same way.
New York Post · September 4, 2024
Amazon banned my book on the Israel-Hamas war — and I'm not the only one being silencedMark Patinkin's Post op-ed about Amazon blocking his own October 7 book turns to Penzel, who Patinkin says filed five appeals over Testimonies Without Boundaries and got the same generic rejection each time. He writes that press coverage, not any answer from Amazon, is what got both books unblocked.
The Times of Israel · July 19, 2024
Israeli college student compiles unblinking guide to dark trail of Hamas massacreProfile of Alon Penzel and the reporting behind Testimonies Without Boundaries, his documentary record of October 7.
The Jerusalem Post · July 17, 2024
Grapevine, July 17, 2024: In the shadow of October 7Greer Fay Cashman's Grapevine column notes the Jerusalem launch of Alon Penzel's Testimonies Without Boundaries at the Begin Heritage Center, and questions the billing of it as the first English-language collection of firsthand October 7 accounts. Penzel was set to be interviewed on stage by former Post editor-in-chief Avi Mayer.
JNS · July 9, 2024
Book on Oct. 7 assault in Israel available on Amazon after initial delayJNS on the Amazon delay around Penzel's Testimonies Without Boundaries, and the account he gave of it.
Jewish Insider · July 8, 2024
Amazon reverses rejection of book of Oct. 7 testimoniesAmazon blocked, then relisted, Penzel's Testimonies Without Boundaries without explaining the alleged violation.
The Jewish World (podcast) · June 20, 2024
“Testimonies Without Boundaries” — Stories of the October 7th Massacre: Interview with Alon PenzelRabbi Elchanan Poupko interviews Penzel at length on the survivor testimony and forensic work behind the book.
mako / N12 · June 16, 2024
ספר עדויות מ-7 באוקטובר מתפרסם בעולם: "אנחנו נכשלים בזירה ההסברתית"N12 interviewed Alon Penzel as Testimonies Without Boundaries began appearing abroad. He describes collecting the sixty accounts and checking each against video, the toll the work took on him, and the ministries buying thousands of English copies to send to more than a hundred countries.
Rega News (רגע ניוז) · June 16, 2024
הספר "עדויות ללא גבולות" מצטרף למאמצי ההסברה של ישראלA Hebrew feature on how Penzel put the book together — two months on the road in the south, sixty testimonies chosen out of everything he heard, and the psychological toll of doing it. He says the Foreign and Diaspora ministries are buying thousands of English copies to send abroad.
mynet Krayot · April 25, 2024
ספר העדויות הראשון על זוועות 7 באוקטובר: "חוו את התופת ונשארו כדי לספר"mynet's Krayot edition profiled Alon Penzel, then 23 and living in Kiryat Bialik, as he published Testimonies Without Boundaries. He describes the two months he spent gathering the sixty firsthand accounts in it and cross-checking every one.
Radio Haifa 107.5FM · April 15, 2024
"אין לי את הזכות לרכך את הזוועות שהאנשים האלה עברו"Haifa's regional station interviewed Penzel about Testimonies Without Boundaries, and he explained why he refused to soften what the witnesses told him. He walks through the Nova chapter and the families who came to him wanting to know what happened to their own.
