Lawyer for NSW Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane says he is suing News Corp journalist to establish whether criticising Israeli government can be called antisemiticA defamation suit against News Corp journalist Sharri Markson by a current South Wales MP aims to test when criticism of Israel can be equated with antisemitism,according to a solicitor running the case.
Labor’s Shaoquett Moselmane will on Friday serve Markson, a senior writer with the Australian, and with a statement of claim approximately a column published online on 2 February under the headline “ALP’s antisemitic views behind push for trip ban”. It ran in print on the same day under a different headline.
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Source: theguardian.com