Will Australian courts outlaw anti-Zionism? – Mondoweiss

In a few weeks’ time, Australia’s Federal Court will hold the first sessions of what promises to be a protracted hate speech trial against my colleague John Keane and me. John and I are academics at the University of Sydney and long-term supporters of Palestine. Our opponents allege that our advocacy against the genocide and for justice for Palestinians is motivated by antisemitism and so constitutes hate speech under Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act. The case is important…