Gary Lineker has come under fire after endorsing a video by Owen Jones in which an academic accuses Israel of “textbook genocide”.<\/p>\n
The Match of the Day presenter shared a post on social media platform X by the left-wing activist of him interviewing Israeli historian Raz Segal.<\/p>\n
Lineker, who previously called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, said: “Worth 13 minutes of anyone\u2019s time.”<\/p>\n
But the football pundit, who is known for speaking out on politics on social media, sparked fury from some with his intervention.<\/p>\n
Jewish Chronicle editor-at-large Stephen Pollard accused Lineker of “universe-bending ignorance”.<\/p>\n
Click here to join our Whatsapp community to be the first to receive politics news from The Express<\/strong><\/p>\n Tory MP Jonathan Gullis said: “Gary any chance you can finally comment on the vile antisemitism that we\u2019ve seen on the streets of the UK?<\/p>\n “Any condemnation of the scum who desecrated a war memorial with graffiti?<\/p>\n “Do you agree with your mate Owen that the British Empire is to blame for LGBT discrimination in Gaza, or do you point the finger at Hamas?<\/p>\n “Just asking as you are such a colossus on international relations and global conflict.”<\/p>\n Conservative MP Greg Smith added: “It is inconceivable any right-minded person would give that video the time of day.”<\/p>\n In the 13-minute video, the associate professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Stockton University condemns Israel’s response to the terror attacks by Hamas on October 7.<\/p>\n Prof Segal said: \u201cI do think that what we\u2019re seeing in front of our eyes is a textbook case of genocide.”<\/p>\n It comes after Lineker earlier this month backed a controversial pro-Palestine protest taking place in London on Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n Then-Home Secretary Suella Braverman blasted the rally as a “hate march” in a post on X.<\/p>\n But the former England striker said: “Marching and calling for a ceasefire and peace so that more innocent children don\u2019t get killed is not really the definition of a hate march.”<\/p>\n Lineker was at the centre of a BBC impartiality row in March after he took to social media to slam the Government’s illegal immigration crackdown and compare language used to that of Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n New social media rules by the corporation in the wake of the furore allow high-profile presenters outside of news and current affairs to express personal views on issues but they must stop short of political campaigning.<\/p>\n\n