Fremantle Dockers captain Alex Pearce has taken a stand for the rights of journalist Antoinette Lattouf, who was sacked by the ABC for sharing a Human Rights Watch post which stated the Israeli government was using starvation as a weapon of war.

Mr Pearce, a Palawa man, shared a social media post made by Ms Lattouf's media company Ette after the journalist won her wrongful termination case.

On Wednesday, the Federal Court ruled the national broadcaster had fired Ms Lattouf unlawfully for sharing the Human Rights Watch post about Gaza.

Senior members of the Israeli government, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are currently subject to International Criminal Court arrest warrants for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. One of the judges who recommended the warrants was respected jurist Theodor Meron, a Holocaust survivor and former Israeli ambassador to Canada.

Justice Darryl Rangiah found the ABC breached employment law by firing Ms Lattouf for reasons including her political opinion.

The Ette social media post stated: "Justice Rangiah, who ruled the ABC had unlawfully sacked journalist Antoinette Lattouf, found the decision was made by former ABC head of content, Chris Oliver-Taylor, 'to appease pro-Israel lobbyists' who would 'inevitably escalate their complaints'."

Earlier this year Mr Pearce was both praised and criticised for sharing a post by Irish band Kneecap, who had made headlines for making anti-Israel comments at the music festival Coachella.

In the band's post shared on Mr Pearce's Instagram story, Kneecap wrote of its concern or the Palestinian people and "The 20,000 murdered children and counting".

"The young people at our gigs see through the lies, they stand on the side of humanity and justice. And that gives us great hope," they said.

Major Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported this week that at least 17,000 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

Kurin Minang law academic and human rights expert Dr Hannah McGlade told National Indigenous Times that Mr Pearce "has every right to be taking a stand on the genocidal war against Palestinians and largely impacting women and children".

"Alex Pearce comes from the Palawa people whose own history of colonial genocide is well documented and known," she said.

"It's completely unacceptable that he is being condemned and criticised for caring about genocide in Gaza."

Dr McGlade described the Israeli government's actions in Gaza as "disproportionate to the shocking and deplorable actions of Hamas (on October 7, 2023)" and said "both are guilty of war crimes".

"As the Jewish Council of Australia has made clear, it is not antisemitic to speak out about Israel's violence which breaks the rules of international law and must end," she said.

"Colonialism comes in many shapes and forms today and this silencing of Indigenous peoples has to stop."