Because of a post in support of the Palestinian people, Karim Benzema finds himself embroiled in a media washer well maintained by the French political class. The first to draw was the monster from the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. “Mr Karim Benzema has notorious links with the Muslim Brotherhood”he declared about the supposed links between the Al-Ittihad attacker and a transnational Islamic organization considered terrorist in France.
A few hours later, Les Républicains senator from Bouches du Rhône, Valérie Boyer, followed in Darmanin’s footsteps by outright demanding the forfeiture of his nationality and the withdrawal of his Ballon d’Or. “If the Interior Minister’s comments are true, we must consider sanctions against Karim Benzema. A sanction, initially symbolic, would be to withdraw his Ballon d’Or. Finally, we must request forfeiture of nationality. We cannot accept that an internationally known French dual national could dishonor and even betray our country in this way. »
Benzema counterattacks
Faced with the controversy, Karim Benzema remains silent. But he reacted in the columns of Parisian through his lawyer, Me Hugues Vigier. The objective is clear: deny any connection with the Muslim Brotherhood and make it known that a complaint could be filed against Gérald Darmanin whom he accuses of having acted out of opportunism (he will also file a complaint for defamation against Nadine Morano and the advertiser Frank Tapiro).
“This is false!” Karim Benzema has never had the slightest relationship with this organization. He also chose to live in Arabia which declared the said terrorist organization, which France has never done. We are considering proceedings against this minister in application, for example, of the law on the manipulation of information dear to our government and defamation or even public insult, because this non-existent link with the Muslim Brotherhood which he says is nevertheless notorious is obviously presented as derogatory. It is not acceptable for those who govern to believe they are authorized to do anything out of pure opportunism. » It is said !
