{"id":296241,"date":"2023-10-19T17:24:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296241"},"modified":"2023-10-19T17:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:24:18","slug":"man-united-legend-eric-cantona-shows-support-for-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/man-united-legend-eric-cantona-shows-support-for-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United legend Eric Cantona shows support for Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Man United legend Eric Cantona shows his support for Palestine after sharing political activist&#8217;s message which calls to &#8216;end the apartheid imposed by the Israeli government&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cantona posted a message of support for Palestine onto his Instagram account\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His message included a picture which issued multiple calls to &#8216;Free Palestine&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has offered his support to Palestine through a post on his social media page.<\/p>\n<p>It comes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine that has seen thousands of civilians lose their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amid the ongoing conflict, players, fans and pundits have all weighed in with their opinions &#8211; such as former Arsenal star Mesut Ozil&#8217;s recent social media post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And now, United legend Cantona has offered his thoughts on the matter by sharing an image that was originally posted by a political activist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Instagram, Cantona posted the picture and tagged Canadian-Lebanese author\u00a0Najwa Zebian &#8211; who had originally shared the post.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/10\/76651153-12639403-image-a-1_1697535856211.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Man United legend Eric Cantona has offered his support to Palestine amid conflict with Israel<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/10\/76651151-12639403-image-a-2_1697535859767.jpg\" height=\"674\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman took to Instagram to share a message originally posted by a political activist<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The Instagram post read: &#8216;Defending the human rights of Palestinians does not mean you are pro-Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Saying &#8216;Free Palestine&#8217; does not mean you are anti-Semitic or &#8216;want all the Jews gone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Free Palestine&#8217; means free Palestinians from the Israeli occupation that&#8217;s been robbing them their basic human rights for 75 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Free Palestine&#8217; means stop caging 2.3 million Palestinians in the world&#8217;s largest open air prison, half of whom are children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Free Palestine&#8217; means end the apartheid imposed by the Israeli government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Free Palestine&#8217; means give the Palestinians control over the basic infrastructure in their land&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/10\/76651183-12639403-image-a-3_1697536022567.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former United star Cantona is one of the few former footballers to speak out on the conflict<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/10\/76432029-12639403-Celtic_supporters_held_up_banners_that_read_Free_Palestine_and_V-a-13_1697536164832.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Celtic fans recently held up banners that read &#8216;Free Palestine&#8217; and &#8216;Victory to the Resistance&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A number of demonstrations, within football, have already taken place since the conflict started &#8211; such as Mesut Ozil&#8217;s post on his own social media accounts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, Ozil posted on X, formerly Twitter, asking for an end to the war, which also showed his support for Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>His message read: &#8216;Praying for humanity. Praying for peace,&#8217; the 34-year-old year wrote with two praying emojis and the Palestinian flag.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Celtic fans, prior to their Scottish Premiership clash with Kilmarnock, held up &#8216;Free Palestine&#8217; and &#8216;Victory to the Resistance&#8217; banners at Celtic Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12639403\/Man-United-legend-Eric-Cantona-shows-support-Palestine-sharing-political-activists-message-called-end-apartheid-imposed-Israeli-government.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man United legend Eric Cantona shows his support for Palestine after sharing political activist&#8217;s message which calls to &#8216;end the <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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