Pro-Israel activist suing Sydney restaurant claims he was shunned and vilified after News Corp stunt

Ofir Birenbaum is suing for defamation after deleted and retracted social media posts by Cairo Takeaway inferred he visited the restaurant with reporters to stir up controversy'

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A pro-Israel activist who visited a pro-Palestinian Sydney restaurant with News Corp reporters claims he was vilified and subject to an investigation by his employer after the restaurant allegedly implied he attempted to manufacture an antisemitic incident".

Ofir Birenbaum went to Cairo Takeaway, a popular restaurant in Sydney's Newtown, in February wearing a Star of David cap and necklace alongside reporters from the Daily Telegraph. The undercover operation, later revealed to be dubbed internally by the paper as undercover Jew", made international headlines after it backfired.