2023-10-15 15:12:31
Faced with the outcry and the incomprehension, he took up his virtual pen to express himself on social networks. After relaying the hateful remarks of a Palestinian preacher calling on God to send “a dark day on the Jews”, Algerian international defender Youcef Atal apologizes on his Instagram account.
“I am aware that my publication shocked many people, which was not my intention, and I apologize for that. I would like to clarify my point of view without any ambiguity: I strongly condemn all forms of violence, anywhere in the world, and I support all victims. I will never support a message of hatred. Peace is an ideal in which I firmly believe. »
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Earlier, the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, asked Atal to apologize. “I expect Youcef Atal, if he allowed himself to be exploited, to apologize and denounce the Hamas terrorists. If this were not the case, he would no longer have his place in our club. »
This Sunday, October 15, in the middle of the day, the Crif (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France) of the South East region announced that it was ready to file a complaint pending a sworn translation of the content of the post relayed by the OGC Nice player.
It is therefore a sermon by a Palestinian preacher, Sheikh Mahmoud al-Hasanat, asking God to send “a black day on the Jews” and to “accompany the hand” of the inhabitants of Gaza “s ‘they throw the stone’.
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