Man United legend Eric Cantona shows his support for Palestine after sharing political activist’s message which calls to ‘end the apartheid imposed by the Israeli government’

• Cantona posted a message of support for Palestine onto his Instagram account 
• His message included a picture which issued multiple calls to ‘Free Palestine’ 
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Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has offered his support to Palestine through a post on his social media page.

It comes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine that has seen thousands of civilians lose their lives. 

Amid the ongoing conflict, players, fans and pundits have all weighed in with their opinions – such as former Arsenal star Mesut Ozil’s recent social media post. 

And now, United legend Cantona has offered his thoughts on the matter by sharing an image that was originally posted by a political activist. 

Taking to Instagram, Cantona posted the picture and tagged Canadian-Lebanese author Najwa Zebian – who had originally shared the post.

Man United legend Eric Cantona has offered his support to Palestine amid conflict with Israel

The Frenchman took to Instagram to share a message originally posted by a political activist

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The Instagram post read: ‘Defending the human rights of Palestinians does not mean you are pro-Hamas. 

‘Saying ‘Free Palestine’ does not mean you are anti-Semitic or ‘want all the Jews gone. 

”Free Palestine’ means free Palestinians from the Israeli occupation that’s been robbing them their basic human rights for 75 years. 

”Free Palestine’ means stop caging 2.3 million Palestinians in the world’s largest open air prison, half of whom are children. 

”Free Palestine’ means end the apartheid imposed by the Israeli government. 

”Free Palestine’ means give the Palestinians control over the basic infrastructure in their land’.

Reports say 300 civilians have been killed in Israel with dozens taken hostage, while retaliatory attacks by Israeli forces have killed 313 in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have been massing in preparation for a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory, but this was postponed at the last minute over the weekend amid suggestions they had received new intelligence about hostages taken by Hamas.

Former United star Cantona is one of the few former footballers to speak out on the conflict

Celtic fans recently held up banners that read ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘Victory to the Resistance’

A number of demonstrations, within football, have already taken place since the conflict started – such as Mesut Ozil’s post on his own social media accounts. 

On Friday morning, Ozil posted on X, formerly Twitter, asking for an end to the war, which also showed his support for Palestine.

His message read: ‘Praying for humanity. Praying for peace,’ the 34-year-old year wrote with two praying emojis and the Palestinian flag.

Similarly, Celtic fans, prior to their Scottish Premiership clash with Kilmarnock, held up ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘Victory to the Resistance’ banners at Celtic Park. 

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