The lawyer of Karim Benzema has hit again at France’s inside minister after he accused the French soccer star who performs for Saudi crew Al-Ittihad of hyperlinks to the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin made the accusations after the reigning Ballon d’Or winner and former Real Madrid ahead posted a message on social media in regards to the battle between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Toutes nos prières pour les habitants de Gaza victimes une fois de plus de ces bombardements injustes qui n’épargnent ni femmes ni enfants.— Karim Benzema (@Benzema) October 15, 2023
“All our prayers are for the inhabitants of Gaza who are once again victims of these unjust bombings which spare no women or children,” Benzema wrote on X, previously Twitter.
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Hamas on October 7 launched shock raids into Israel, killing 1,400 folks, largely civilians, and seizing about 200 hostages.
Israel has since then launched wave after wave of retaliatory air strikes, killing greater than 3,000 Palestinians in Gaza.
Darmanin, talking on the CNews Channel, alleged that Benzema “has a notorious link with the Muslim Brotherhood”, a Sunni Muslim Islamist group with its origins in Egypt that’s now banned by Cairo.
Karim Benzema has been accused by French Minister for having hyperlinks with terrorists however he denied claims by French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin that he has hyperlinks to the terrorist organisation Muslim Brotherhood.The Al-Ittihad striker is contemplating authorized motion. pic.twitter.com/z2jS5ttJqy
— Saudi Foot (@SaudiFootPlus) October 19, 2023
“This is false! Karim Benzema has never had the slightest relationship with this organisation,” Benzema’s layer Hugues Vigier mentioned in a press release.
He mentioned that Benzema was expressing “natural compassion” with “what many today describe as war crimes being committed in Gaza, but which does not detract from the horror of the terrorist acts of October 7, something not open to discussion”.
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The lawyer added that he was planning to file a grievance towards Darmanin for his feedback.
Benzema, 35, who was born in France to oldsters of Algerian origin, has been one of many standout French stars of the final decade.
He joined the Saudi membership on a massively profitable three-12 months deal this 12 months after 14 seasons with Real Madrid the place he lifted 5 Champions Leagues, 4 La Liga titles and three Copas del Rey.
But after a stellar 2021-22 season when he led Real to Champions League glory and was rewarded with the Ballon d’Or for the world’s finest participant, he was troubled by accidents that dominated him out of France’s World Cup marketing campaign in Qatar final 12 months.
Darmanin, 41, has carved out a popularity as a hardliner within the mould of his political mentor ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy and makes no secret of his personal presidential ambitions.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
