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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

NSW ‘seeking urgent advice’ on controversial court ruling that found anti-Israel vandalism was not antisemitic

CCTV screenshot supplied by the NSW supreme court of Mohommed Farhat and another man spray-painting a car in Sydney in November 2024.
CCTV screenshot supplied by the NSW supreme court of Mohommed Farhat and another man spray-painting a car in Sydney in November 2024. Photograph: Supplied by NSW supreme court

The New South Wales government could appeal a supreme court judge’s controversial decision to refuse its request for a terror order over a Sydney man convicted of writing “Fuk Israel” on cars and setting another vehicle alight in late 2024.

Justice Desmond Fagan this week found disparaging Israel was “political comment” not antisemitism. He rejected the state’s application that Mohommed Farhat be subjected to a one-year extended supervision order under the Terrorism Act when released from prison.

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