Australian presenter fired after sharing HRW ‘starvation’ report on Gaza

An Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio presenter was sacked after she shared a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on her personal social media account.

“HRW reporting starvation as a tool of war,” Antoinette Lattouf wrote in an Instagram post in December, citing the report.

Lattouf was fired following a co-ordinated campaign from Jewish lawyers who threatened ABC with legal action. 

The British newspaper the Daily Mail revealed secret WhatsApp messages from an Australian group called Lawyers for Israel who pushed for the ousting of Lattouf. 

Following the successful pressure campaign a member of the group posted "it's obviously the Israeli/Jewish lobby at work again!!!"

Lattouf's lawyer, Josh Bornstein, alleged the Lebanese-Australian broadcaster was fired on 20 December because of her “political views and race” and a court case is currently underway.