A legal row between a former SBS television newsreader and a prominent Israeli Australian over tweets during the Israel–Gaza war has been described by one camp as a case of free speech, and the other as a case of hate speech. The lawsuit against Mary Kostakidis was launched earlier this year by Alon Cassuto, chief executive of the Zionist Federation of Australia, over comments and posts Ms Kostakidis shared on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The matter returned to the Federal Court in Adelaide today, where Ms Kostakidis's legal team sought to have an amended claim, which...