Racial discrimination proceedings brought by the head of the Zionist Federation of Australia were “part of a deliberate campaign to undermine and discredit” Mary Kostakidis, court documents claim.

The former SBS newsreader has been accused by the ZFA of breaching the Racial Discrimination Act by sharing two X posts about a speech by the late Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah in January 2024.

The chief executive of the ZFA, Alon Cassuto, complained to the Australian Human Rights Commission but the matter was not resolved and was escalated to the federal court. Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here | Kerry O’Brien Read more

Cassuto’s claim says the breach came when Kostakidis shared on 4 January a video of a speech b

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