I wrote here about Evelyn Hecht-Galinski going to law to try to prevent Henryk Broder calling her what she quite obviously is, an antisemitic anti-Zionist. Well, now she has had her day in court and it has ruled that she cannot restrain Broder from calling her antisemitic as long as he gives reasons to justify his opinion.
As Broder’s lawyer puts it,
As long as he gives reasons for this charge of anti-Semitism, there is no problem, and the court also stated that because of the kinds of statements that Ms. Hecht-Galinski makes in public, she has to accept that other people consider these statements as anti-Semitic, as long as it is related to a context. I consider it a win because the court issued Henryk Broder and the public a user manual on how to call Ms. Hecht-Galinski’s statements anti-Semitic.
As I don’t suppose Broder, or any reasonable person, would wish to describe anyone as antisemitic without having reasons to back up and justify that charge, I think Broder’s lawyer is quite right to describe the verdict as a victory for his client.
Read the full story here.
Interesting to compare and contrast this ruling with
that of Judge Eady’s verdict in the case of Galloway against Jcom radio, the small Jewish radio station which implied he was anti-Semitic.
is there an on-line copy of that user manual?
be very interesting to see, and what an English version might look like
anyone know?
it could be issued to UCU activist list members :)