Daily Telegraph tries to stage antisemitic incident
Exposing Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp as a News Creation factory has been IA’s thankless task for over 15 years. Editor Michelle Pini’s stunning February expose about Sydney’s Daily Travesty attempting to deepen a dangerous divide in Australian society was another vital chapter in a long and harrowing saga.
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Not satisfied with the many existing examples of alleged antisemitic behavior, The Daily Telegraph is trying to create another. Managing editor Michelle Pini reports.
THIS WEEK, Ita Buttrose, dramatic entrance This man, wearing dark glasses and arriving in a wheelchair, was trying to justify before the Federal Court why journalist Antoinette Lattouf was immediately dismissed for sharing a Human Rights Watch post. to mailDetailing the facts about the war in Gaza.
unfair dismissal case Following the sacking of cricket commentator last week Peter Lalor from the role he played YOU for The administration retweeted the events in Gaza, ‘‘It has left Jewish people in Melbourne feeling unsafe’.
And the Federal Parliament enacted We have further expanded hate speech laws, ostensibly in an attempt to prevent a “surge in anti-Semitism”.
Don’t settle for all of the above, but Daily Telegraph sought more “anti-Semitic” action.
On Tuesday 11 February, Sydney takeaway restaurant owner Hesham El Masry received a call from a staff member alerting him to an incident occurring at the restaurant, and police were immediately notified.
Cairo Takeaway owner Hesham El Masry told meA.:
A man wearing a hat bearing the Star of David and a matching necklace entered the store. He ordered takeaway tea and after the tea arrived, he stayed in the empty store and looked at the waiter who brought him tea.
When the waiter asked if he needed anything else, he replied:
‘Do you have a problem with me because I’m Jewish?’
El Masry explained that the staff then asked the man to leave, but he refused, saying the woman made him feel “unsafe.”
The waiter was surprised but did not argue as the man continued to scoff. Instead, he asked her to leave the restaurant, and when she didn’t, he tried to leave by walking outside.
While this is being played, look, the whole team Daily Telegraph He magically appeared with the cameras.
The team consisted of: Danielle Gusmaroli (journalist), Rohan Kelly (photographer) and Jeremy Span (video producer).
The man followed the waiter outside and muttered to him that he hoped. “The shop blew up”
Jeremy Span and Rohan Kelly.
Hey news company, come and take your trash out of our community. pic.twitter.com/Vj8eT5b5bm— Abu Omar (@TalaatSYehia) February 11, 2025
Inside video Above, Cairo Takeaway staff can be heard confronting him. Telegram With Journo Gusmaroli:
“This is clear intimidation. Who comes to a restaurant and asks me about this gentleman I don’t even know?”
Gusmaroli replies:
“Don’t you feel horrified that he’s coming into your shop?”
A supportive crowd soon gathered around the restaurant staff. Daily Telegraph Bystanders eventually persuaded the man to leave, and according to other witnesses, he and the entire film crew then left in the same vehicle.
Police responded to the incident after the team walked away and said it did not appear that any crime had been committed but they were believed to be carrying out a further investigation and have since requested CCTV footage.
A. report by freelance journalist Alex McKinnon Quoting Cairo Takeaway chef Talaat Sehia, who was present during the episode:
Other people on the street and in neighboring shops, that is, random people, came out and started telling Daily Telegraph staff to leave, saying ‘Get out of our community, you’re causing trouble’.
They went in the same car. All four. Two cameramen, a journalist and a Zionist man.
The person who tried to provoke the fight is believed to be a Zionist who has previously disrupted pro-Palestinian protests and has been frequently called out for this action. Comment By News Corp media. He threatened to sue Cairo Takeaway for defamation.
El Masry told meA.:
“I’m a little disheartened because it looks like nothing happened but the staff are very upset about the incident.”
For this reason, Daily Telegraph The media team was at the scene at the time of the incident. The team also had all their equipment ready. They did not leave until it became clear that the crowd was supporting the wait staff and then drove away, getting into the same car as the person who had unsuccessfully tried to provoke the incident.
As El Masry puts it:
“Optics suck for them [The Daily Telegraph].“
This isn’t the first time Cairo Takeaway has been at the center of a News Corp attack.
El Masry told meA. He openly defended Palestine on social media and collected donations in support of Palestinian victims:
“I have two young children and I feel the pain of what is happening in the world. I cannot approve of support for the massacre.” [in Gaza].”
Street artist in 2023 Scottie Marsh He painted a mural of a Palestinian flag with a raised fist on the wall outside Cairo Takeaway as part of the #FreePalestine movement.
This attracted social media trolls and threats, and El Masry once responded to a troll by saying:‘Cairo Takeaway does not want narcissistic Zionist pigs like you to come to our restaurant’.
Another publication followed the social media post: Daily Mail, He published a news article with the following title:
‘Well-known restaurant owner says Jews are not welcome’
Daily Mail he later changed the title to: ‘Owner of popular Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway tells ‘narcissistic’ Zionist ‘pigs’ to stay away from his venue in abusive Instagram rant that divides customers’.
While both incidents are heartbreaking for the entire staff at Cairo Takeaway, El Masry says:
“Support is pouring in [from the community], “It was great then and now.”
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