I’m not gonna lie, this is kind of refreshing to read. I really enjoy seeing people be held accountable for their actions and punished with more than “write an apology.” However, I still believe that the punishment should seek to reparate the damages, and he should be sentenced to some legitimate community service in the form of advocating for peace on social media and public appearances to put his celebrity to good use.
The problem is that saying Israel has no right to exist and that the whole country should be Palestine is antisemitism though. And especially in the pro-gaza-crowd that line is often crossed.
After French football star Karim Benzema criticised “unjust bombings which spare no women or children” in a social media post about Israel’s assault on Gaza, France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin accused him – without evidence – of having links to the Muslim Brotherhood. A French senator also called on Benzema to be stripped of previous football awards as well as his French citizenship.
Don’t kill women and children you say? Classic Muslim Brotherhood behaviour. Take his citizenship boys