The ex-Real Madrid midfielder is thought to have shared a picture of a map of Israel featuring a large red cross through the state's name, with the word 'Palestine' underlined in bold letters.

A passenger on board an Air Canada flight on Monday noticed "Palestinian Territory" was written on the plane's map system on their personal screen instead of Israel, N12 reported on Tuesday.

This series examines how the French and British Mandates in the Middle East - covering all of modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine - shaped not just the map, but the politics ...