Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has always raised his voice in support of Palestine as he slammed a radio station’s decision to sack cricket journalist Peter Lalor over his pro-Palestine stance.
Australian radio station SEN has sacked Lalor when he was covering the Australia tour of Sri Lanka. Lalor revealed he was fired and told by the organization that his ‘retweeting was not balanced and insensitive to one side’.
Lalor’s feed on X includes re-posts of news stories about Israeli attacks in Gaza and accusations of genocide levelled at the Israeli government.
Pakistan-born Khawaja, who has been vocal in his support for Palestinians, wrote on Instagram that Lalor “deserved better”.
“Standing up for the people of Gaza is not antisemitic nor does it have anything to do with my Jewish brothers and sisters in Australia, but everything to do with the Israeli government and their deplorable actions,” Khawaja said.
SEN station boss Craig Hutchison said he and Lalor had a different view of the impact of the commentary on his social media.
