For over a year, Victoria Police and sections of the media attempted to paint me as an antisemite.
Now, in open court, police have formally abandoned any claim that I am motivated by antisemitism.
After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, after endless headlines, after attempts to destroy my name, reputation and livelihood, the case has now narrowed to one question. Whether political words spoken at a protest were “insulting”.
This is no longer the case they sold to the public.
Even the court has now ruled that police cannot rely on unrelated chants like “intifada” or “from the river to the sea” to poison the context against me. Why? Because justice is supposed to be based on evidence, not emotion, politics, or public hysteria.
What is happening here goes far beyond me. This case is testing the limits of political expression, protest, and free speech in Australia.
You do not have to agree with me to understand how dangerous it is when governments attempt to criminalise political slogans, historical debate, and dissent.
History matters. Context matters. Truth matters.
And despite everything they’ve thrown at me, I’m still standing.