Gary Lineker insisted how important it was to 'know your history' just days before he shared a pro-Palestine video featuring an anti-Semitic rat slur, it has been revealed.
The under-fire BBC Match Of The Day host, 64, told an interviewer he did not care about any 'backlash' over his strident condemnation of Israel in the Gaza war.
His comments, published today, were made three days before the BBC's highest paid presenter shared on Instagram to his 1.2million followers a video from the group Palestine Lobby.
The clip, which purported to define Zionism, featured throughout a cartoon emoji of a rat, a symbol that has been used in Nazi propaganda as an anti-Jewish smear.
The former England football captain yesterday issued an 'unreserved apology' after widespread criticism and calls for the BBC to axe him.
