Benzema on crusade against the far right

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By: Manu Tournoux

Karim Benzema goes to war against Damien Rieu. Get out the violins!

Thursday, the ceremony honoring the victims of the November 13 attacks was held in Paris. On this occasion, Lyna Khoudri recited the text “ How to forgive yourself » by Charlotte Delbo, resistance fighter during the Second World War and survivor of Nazi concentration camps.

“You who pass by well dressed with all your muscles, how can I forgive you, they are all dead. » These are the first words of this poem by this woman who died in 1985. Obviously, this did not please Damien Rieu.

“To honor the victims of November 13, they found no one other than Lyna Khoudri, companion of Benzema, who liked a publication justifying the beheading of Samuel Paty”, the far-right activist was offended on the social network X.

Benzema-Rieu, the war continues

“There are those who collect themselves, and those who expose themselves. You have to be pretty empty to confuse homage and staging Damien. You’re just an extra in our world.”replied the 2022 Ballon d’Or.

In May 2022, Karim Benzema sued Damien Rieu for public defamation. The latter had published a photo of the French attacker with his index finger in the air, alongside those of jihadists making the same gesture. He then benefited from a release.