A hack? A publication of his own free will? A bad interpretation? Anyway, the Instagram post from Youcef Atal never stops reacting. Indeed, the OGC Nice player sparked indignation this Friday, October 13, 2023, just one week after the Hamas attacks perpetrated against Israel. The Nice defender relayed a video in which a Palestinian preacher, Sheikh Mahmoud al-Hasanat, asks God to send “a dark day for the Jews” And “to accompany the hand” residents of Gaza “if they throw stones”, like our colleagues from Nice morning
reported it.
Following this publication, many Internet users expressed their anger, including the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosiwho has
spoke
this Saturday, October 14 to hold the player accountable. “I expect Youcef Atal, if he allowed himself to be exploited, to apologize and denounce the Hamas terrorists”, he asked on his X account, formerly Twitter. And if Youcef Atal does not comply, “he would no longer have his place in our club”according to the mayor.
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 @ogcnice.https://t.co/MKMsXx0n7e
— Christian Estrosi (@cestrosi) October 14, 2023
Also see: Christian Estrosi and Laura Tenoudji victims of an attempted burglary in full confinement!
Jean-Clair Todibo also slips
The player is not at his first slip-up, as recalled Nice morning and Philippe Vardon, president of the “Retrouver Nice” group. The far-right elected official wished to point out that “on October 30, 2020, already, the day after the Islamist attack at the Basilica of Nice, the Algerian international and already OGC Nice player had approved a message demanding that ‘May Allah crush with his punishment’ those who offended Muslims, also reacting to the publication of caricatures of Mohammed”.
This latest slip seems to be too much for Youcef Atal, and potentially for OGC Nice. Especially since on the same day, the club’s other defender, Jean-Clair Todibo, also aroused indignation on the Internet after being seen laughing during the minute of silence dedicated to the victims of Israel, the Gaza Strip and Dominique Bernard, during the match between France and the Netherlands.
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