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Australian Jewish reporter faced antisemitic harassment

(JTA) – A Jewish television reporter for the British news station Sky News charged that harassment by a former colleague escalated into “brazen anti-Semitism.” Caroline Marcus wrote in a column published Tuesday by the Australian edition of the Daily Telegraph that Ben McCormack plastered his work station situated next to hers with “vile cartoons depicting Jews as Hitler,” and reportedly wrote on Facebook his opinion that Israel was a “f***ing international disgrace.” He also said, referring to the Holocaust, “Your 70 years of special treatment are over.” Marcus wrote that McCormack knew she was Jewish and that her family had survived the Nazis in Eastern Europe. The two worked together on Nine Network’s “A Current Affair” in Sydney. The targeted antisemitism took place in 2014. Last week, McCormack pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. He faces a maximum jail sentence of 15 years.

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