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The Law Council of Australia and the Australian Bar Association join members of the international legal community in expressing grave concern regarding.
Yesterday J-Wire published a letter from prominent Melbourne lawyer Mark Leibler to the president of the WA Bar Association who had criticised Senator Sara Henderson for a letter she penned to the Victorian Bar Association following Julian Burnside's tweet stating Israel’s “treatment of the Palestinians looks horribly like the German treatment of the Jews” during…
Melbourne community identity Mark Leibler has written to Martin Cuerden, the President of the West Australian Bar Association, in response to his letter to Senator Sarah Henderson who suggested that Julian Burnside should "face professional consequences" for tweeting that Israel’s “treatment of the Palestinians looks horribly like the German treatment of the Jews” during World War…
WA Bar sides with Julian Burnside over controversial tweet
WA Bar sides with Julian Burnside over controversial tweet Share
The Western Australian Bar Association has strongly condemned the conduct of senator Sarah Henderson who called for Julian Burnside’s Queen’s counsel to be stripped after the prominent barrister likened Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to Nazi Germany in a controversial and now-deleted tweet.
In reference to a report into violations of international law during 11 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants, Julian Burnside tweeted that Israel’s “treatment of the Palestinians looks horribly like the German treatment of the Jews”, sparking frustrations and severe backlash from several leading Jewish figures.