What the word intifada means to Australian Jews and whether it offends will determine the outcome of a landmark case against two Sydney academics for their social media posts about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Federal Court heard on Tuesday. Dr Nick Riemer, a linguistics expert, and Professor John Keane, a political scientist, are being sued over a series of posts to X, formerly Twitter, in a case that will test the nation’s hate speech laws. John Keane (centre) and Nick Riemer (right) at a rally ahead outside the Federal Court last year. AAPIMAGE The duo maintain that they were criticising Zionism, which they purport is not antisemitic. The group of Jewish academics suing the pair is also taking action against their employer, The University of Sydney, saying it is vicariously responsible for the statements.…