France-based Algerian football player Youcef Atal is set to face a French court next January over posting a video of a preacher calling for “a black day for the Jews.” On 18 December, the 27-year-old player of OGC Nice appeared in front of a court for the first time since his suspension two months ago over “inciting hate” in a controversial post he shared with his 3.2 million followers on Instagram. Five days after the unprecedented Hamas attacks on 7 October and the start of Israel’s bombing of Gaza, Atal reposted on his Instagram account a 35-second video of preacher Mahmoud Al Hasanat. At t…