moon
Satire for Sanity
US Palestinian activist defeats Israeli “defamation” lawsuit
![]()
In a significant victory for free speech, a California court has ruled in favor of a Palestinian American activist who was sued for defamation by a former Israeli soldier over a Facebook post.
The suit was explicitly meant to bully, silence and smear activists for Palestinian rights.
As part of the lawsuit, the group requested that the California court apply Israeli defamation laws in order to attach criminal penalties to their claim.
On 1 March, the court not only rebuked the request to apply Israeli law, but entirely dismissed the lawsuit and upheld the activist’s speech as a matter of public interest.
https://electronicintifada.net/blog...il&utm_term=0_e802a7602d-9149fb248a-299180421
It must have come as a great shock to these fascists to discover that they do not control American courts- even if they exert control within the American government.