This reminds me of another TV presenter who complained about receiving threats after posting on Twitter (now ‘X’).

But whereas that person had been (mistakenly, if I read my own court judgment correctly) making accusations of anti-Semitism, Gary Lineker is accused because he criticised the Israeli government.

The two are linked in the minds of some people – but it’s a false connection, as Lineker himself stated.

And he’s clear that he’s not the victim, just because he received threats:

Gary Lineker has said he received threats after he retweeted then deleted a post by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel that called for Israel to be banned from international sporting events, including football.

“But it’s not about me. I am not the victim here,” he said.

He described social media postings on the Hamas-Israel war as “so toxic”.

“Everybody I talk to, every single person I know, is going: ‘What? What is happening?’ But the minute you open your mouth – well, not my mouth, but the minute I tweet a little bit – it’s so toxic.

“If you lean to one side or the other, the levels of attack are extraordinary. How could it be controversial to want peace? I just don’t understand it. You don’t need to be Islamophobic to condemn Hamas, or antisemitic to condemn Israel. But at the moment it’s just awful. Awful,” he said. When talking about the numbers of children killed, he said: “I feel sick.”

Of criticism of his stance on the war, Lineker said: “But I don’t see it as a Jewish thing. I see it as the Israeli government. Obviously, they’re responding to 7 October, but crikey, one atrocity does not deserve 80 atrocities. Or more.”

This Writer finds Mr Lineker’s position infinitely superior to that of the other ‘celebrity’. Don’t you? Perhaps we should all show his critics the red card.

Source: Gary Lineker says he received threats after Israeli sports ban retweet | Gary Lineker | The Guardian

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