{"id":23486,"date":"2025-05-19T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=23486"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T10:52:00","slug":"gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Lineker&#8217;s BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Lineker, one of the BBC\u2019s most prominent and recognizable presenters, was fired in recent days after sharing a pro-Palestinian post on Instagram. The post featured an illustration of a rat \u2014 an image widely regarded as antisemitic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Antisemitic Post<\/strong><br \/>\nLineker, who was considered one of the BBC\u2019s most senior commentators and its highest-paid presenter, shared an Instagram post from the group &#8220;Palestine Lobby&#8221; titled: \u201cZionism Explained in Two Minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Having looked the other way until now, at this point, it is clear that Gary Lineker\u2019s continued association with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBC<\/a> is untenable.<\/p>\n<p>He must go.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lineker really has the worst luck when it comes to campaigning for his causes without aligning himself with extremists and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0aYTtOlFHH\">pic.twitter.com\/0aYTtOlFHH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antisemitism\/status\/1922301939091415296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The post triggered widespread outrage due to its use of the rat image, which has long been associated with antisemitic propaganda. In response to the backlash, Lineker deleted the post and apologized \u2014 but the BBC decided that wasn\u2019t enough and chose to terminate his contract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lineker Apologizes, but the BBC Stands Firm<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter allegedly learning of the antisemitic implications of the image, Lineker expressed regret and said he had not understood the symbol\u2019s meaning. He removed the post as soon as he realized its context. However, BBC Director-General Tim Davie addressed the controversy, saying: \u201cThe BBC\u2019s reputation is a shared responsibility, and when someone makes a mistake \u2014 we all pay the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23489\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23489 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-122-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-122-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-122-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-122-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-122-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-122.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BBC presenter Gary Lineker | Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is not the first time Lineker has stirred public controversy. In March 2023, he was temporarily suspended from the network after tweeting a comparison between the British government\u2019s asylum policy and the rhetoric of Nazi Germany. He also previously deleted a tweet calling for Israel to be banned from international football, following harsh criticism from Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Lineker, the BBC\u2019s top sports presenter, was dismissed from the network after sharing a pro-Palestinian post that was widely viewed as antisemitic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":23488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2241,8,6,65],"tags":[1603,1010,5770,1480,3769,5771,1760],"class_list":["post-23486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel-advocacy","category-politics","category-security","category-world","tag-antisemitism","tag-bbc","tag-gary-lineker","tag-israel","tag-media-ethics","tag-social-media-controversies","tag-zionism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gary Lineker&#039;s BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gary Lineker&#039;s BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gary Lineker, the BBC\u2019s top sports presenter, was dismissed from the network after sharing a pro-Palestinian post that was widely viewed as antisemitic.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-19T08:00:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-19T10:52:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"488\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Shimon Levi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Shimon Levi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Shimon Levi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d7bc34deb63b02173f4b03d0273ec11\"},\"headline\":\"Gary Lineker&#8217;s BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-19T08:00:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-19T10:52:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Antisemitism\",\"BBC\",\"Gary Lineker\",\"Israel\",\"Media Ethics\",\"social media controversies\",\"Zionism\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISRAEL ADVOCACY\",\"POLITICS\",\"SECURITY\",\"WORLD\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/\",\"name\":\"Gary Lineker's BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy - REGA news\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-19T08:00:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-19T10:52:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp\",\"width\":768,\"height\":488,\"caption\":\"BBC | Photo: Shutterstock\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gary Lineker&#8217;s BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/\",\"name\":\"REGA news\",\"description\":\"Get used to hearing well\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"REGA news\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ega.news-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ega.news-logo.svg\",\"width\":228.4,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"REGA news\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d7bc34deb63b02173f4b03d0273ec11\",\"name\":\"By Shimon Levi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e448cfbee5b3fe0ef2e7a8fe67b3675b6608f278de65b5d1f3ef6548fe104812?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e448cfbee5b3fe0ef2e7a8fe67b3675b6608f278de65b5d1f3ef6548fe104812?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"By Shimon Levi\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/author\/shimon-levi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gary Lineker's BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy - REGA news","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gary Lineker's BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy","og_description":"Gary Lineker, the BBC\u2019s top sports presenter, was dismissed from the network after sharing a pro-Palestinian post that was widely viewed as antisemitic.","og_url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/","og_site_name":"REGA news","article_published_time":"2025-05-19T08:00:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-19T10:52:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":488,"url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"By Shimon Levi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"By Shimon Levi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/"},"author":{"name":"By Shimon Levi","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d7bc34deb63b02173f4b03d0273ec11"},"headline":"Gary Lineker&#8217;s BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy","datePublished":"2025-05-19T08:00:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-19T10:52:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp","keywords":["Antisemitism","BBC","Gary Lineker","Israel","Media Ethics","social media controversies","Zionism"],"articleSection":["ISRAEL ADVOCACY","POLITICS","SECURITY","WORLD"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/","name":"Gary Lineker's BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy - REGA news","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp","datePublished":"2025-05-19T08:00:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-19T10:52:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-145.webp","width":768,"height":488,"caption":"BBC | Photo: Shutterstock"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/gary-linekers-bbc-career-ends-amid-antisemitism-controversy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gary Lineker&#8217;s BBC Career Ends amid Antisemitism Controversy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/","name":"REGA news","description":"Get used to hearing well","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization","name":"REGA news","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ega.news-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ega.news-logo.svg","width":228.4,"height":96,"caption":"REGA news"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d7bc34deb63b02173f4b03d0273ec11","name":"By Shimon Levi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e448cfbee5b3fe0ef2e7a8fe67b3675b6608f278de65b5d1f3ef6548fe104812?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e448cfbee5b3fe0ef2e7a8fe67b3675b6608f278de65b5d1f3ef6548fe104812?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"By Shimon Levi"},"url":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/author\/shimon-levi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23523,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23486\/revisions\/23523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}