NSW judge says anti-Israel graffiti case went ‘haywire’ when vandalism was labelled antisemitic
NSW judge says anti-Israel graffiti case went ‘haywire’ when vandalism was labelled antisemitic
NSW judge says anti-Israel graffiti case went ‘haywire’ when vandalism was labelled antisemitic
Mohommed Farhat spray-painted slogans and torched a car in Woollahra. He pleaded guilty but supreme court judge says case appears to be a ‘miscarriage of justice’
[Judge] Fagan wrote in his judgment, released on Tuesday, that “Fuk Israel” was “a curse against a foreign state”. He also criticised the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism as “detached from reality” and “inept”.
Farhat’s case came before Fagan this year when the state tried and failed to cast him as a future terror threat based on what Fagan called the same “misconception” about his motivation.
What a relief that a high-level judge can bring some sanity to the 'anti-semitic' narrative being used to silence people who disapprove of Israel's politics and practices.