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Manchester United legend and France forward Eric Cantona showed his support for Palestine on social media today.
In an Instagram post, Cantona shared an image originally posted by Canadian-Lebanese author Najwa Zebian and tagged her.
“Defending the human rights of Palestinians does not mean you are pro-Hamas,” the Instagram post read.
It added: “Saying ‘Free Palestine’ does not mean you are anti-Semitic or ‘want all the Jews gone.”
“’Free Palestine’ means free Palestinians from the Israeli occupation that’s been robbing them their basic human rights for 75 years.”
“‘Free Palestine’ means stop caging 2.3 million Palestinians in the world’s largest open air prison, half of whom are children.”
“‘Free Palestine’ means end the apartheid imposed by the Israeli government.”
“‘Free Palestine’ means give the Palestinians control over the basic infrastructure in their land.”
Cantona, who is known for supporting Palestine, had most games for Manchester United in 1992-1997.
The former Man Utd player is a five-time English Premier League winner. He won four Premier League titles with Manchester United and another with Leeds United.
Cantona retired from football in 1997.
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