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Jewish journalist shaking with rage at Gary Lineker after she called him out | UK | News

Jewish journalist shaking with rage at Gary Lineker after she called him out | UK | News

Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker left a Jewish journalist shaking with rage after she confronted him over the time he reposted a tweet calling for Israel to be banned from international football. The BBC host was told his social media posts on X made him appear like an “antisemite” – and he was asked to explain how his foray into the discourse around the Israel-Hamas war avoided breaching the broadcaster’s new social media guidelines, according to a first-hand account published in the Jewish Chronicle. Reporter Nicole Lampert told the former England goalscorer that she “thought he was behaving like an antisemite. His X feed only showed one side of the issue. He’d never once condemned Hamas on X or sent a message about the hostages.” She told the broadcaster: “I’m thinking about the women hostages who are probably still being raped.” Mr Lineker, who has fronted BBC sport’s programme’s for more than 20 years, retorted: “I’m thinking about the babies being killed. I just want peace.” Earlier, at the Broadcasting Press Guild lunch, …