Earlier this month,the Fair Work Commission ruled that Lattoufhad been sacked by the ABC,boosting Lattouf’s case in her claim. A different finding might have proven an obstacle for arguing her wider case that she was dismissed for expressing political opinion,and that her racial background was a factor.

Deputy Fair Work Commission president Gerard Boyce ruled Lattouf was dismissed by ABC managers following a snap meeting on December 20,three days into her five-day contract filling in as ABC Radio SydneyMornings presenter.

The result means there is no immediate end in sight for the public stoush,which has played out across six months so far.

Lattouf’s contract was terminated in December after she shared a Human Rights Watch post on Instagram with the caption “HRW reporting starvation as a tool of war” while employed by the ABC. Lattouf claimed in her Fair Work submission that the ABC said the post breached its social media policies.

She also claimed she was told by one of her managers,ABC Sydney content director Elizabeth Green,that Jewish lobbyists were “unhappy” she was on air because she had previously publicly criticised Israel.

In January,this masthead reported the contents of a pro-Israel WhatsApp group that showed organised efforts to target the ABC with complaints about Lattouf and her views on the conflict in Gaza.

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