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Gary Lineker Criticized Once Again After Re-posting Video Featuring Antisemitic Trope
Gary Lineker has been criticized for a cartoon rat Instagram video days before he leaves 'Match of the Day'.
Gary LinekerJames Gill - Danehouse/Getty Images Earlier today, Lineker shared a now-deleted Instagram video from the Palestine Lobby account that overlaid a cartoon rat emoji on top of an explainer about the Israel-Gaza war. Screenshots posted by the Daily Mail of the video, which featured commentary from Canadian-Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu, showed it being flagged up on X as hate speech. Danny Cohen, who used to run BBC TV but has in recent months been a vehement critic of the corporation, said: “Gary Lineker appears to have shared content about the Jewish state which echoes 1930’s Nazi propaganda.
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