Jerry Seinfeld described the “Free Palestine” movement as antisemitic and compared its messaging to that of the Ku Klux Klan during a surprise appearance at Duke University this week.
“‘Free Palestine’ is, to me, just … you’re free to say you don’t like Jews. Just say you don’t like Jews,” Seinfeld said on stage, according to the Duke Chronicle. “So it’s actually – compared to the Ku Klux Klan, I’m actually thinking the Klan is actually a little better here, because they can come right out and say, ‘We don’t like Blacks, we don’t like Jews.’ OK, that’s honest.”
The 71-year-old comedian appeared at the North Carolina campus to introduce Omer Shem Tov, an Israeli man who was abducted during the Hamas-led assault on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Nova music festival. That attack killed nearly 1,200 people in Israel and led to the abduction of 252 others. Shem Tov was held in Gaza for 505 days before being released.
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