Mary Kostakidis, one of Australia’s most recognizable journalists, who was accused of “antisemitism” by the Australian Zionist Federation, has sought to end the standoff with the organization by apologizing for distress her critical reporting of Israel may mistakenly have caused.
Federation CEO Alon Cassuto filed a complaint last July to the Australian Human Rights Commission about two Kostakidis retweets from January 2024, both of which contain video of a speech by the now assassinated Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in which he allegedly called for the ethnic cleansing of Israel.