He didn’t keep his mouth shutas we are used to in similar “sensitive” issues, o Gary Lineker nor in his case war in Gaza…
With the veteran English striker, in fact, to risk further dismissal from the BBCbecause of his comments on the case that they might be considered instead contrary to the policy of the English news organization!
Gary Lineker, “I’m proud of football for the way it’s reacted towards racism.. In the dressing rooms there would be 20 odd people sitting around.. Black, brown, white.. Muslims, Christians, Catholics, Atheists.. Does that matter? Not one jot”
“No one thinks of any of those… pic.twitter.com/JAjbPu5HqK
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) May 12, 2024
“It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen in my life. I’ve seen so many images of children… you know, I have nothing to do with it. I’m not Muslim, I’m not Jewish, I’m not Israeli, I’m not Palestinian, so I see it, I think, purely from the outside, from a neutral perspective, and I can’t think of anything worse than that. I have seen constant images of children losing their lives, day after day… Obviously we all know what happened on October 7thLineker said characteristically.
And he added meaningfully:But the moment you raise your voice against what they are doing there, they accuse you of being a Hamas supporter or something. There’s a lot of pressure on people to keep quiet, so I understand why most people keep quiet, but I can’t keep quiet about what’s going on».
We remind you that, about a year ago, he had managed to oppose the English government for its decisions with immigrants and had lost his job at the BBC, until he came back at the request of all the journalists.
“It’s not anti-Semitic to say that what Israel is doing is wrong.”
Former English footballer Gary Lineker says that, having viewed the war on Gaza with a neutral perspective, he admits it is “the worst thing” he has witnessed in his lifetime. pic.twitter.com/0jXzOt07bo
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 12, 2024
Source: Sport Fm
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