"Free Palestine is, to me, just you're free to say you don't like Jews. Just say you don't like Jews, the 71-year-old comedian said on stage, according to the Duke University Chronicle. By saying Free Palestine', you're not admitting what you really think, he continued. 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."
"Seinfeld appeared at the event in North Carolina to introduce Omer Shem Tov, an Israeli man abducted at the Nova music festival on 7 October 2023, when the militant group Hamas and others killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and abducted 252 others. He was held captive for 505 days. Since 7 October, Israel has killed more than 62,000 people in what leading experts have defined as genocide against Palestinians in Gaza."
Jerry Seinfeld denounced the Free Palestine movement as antisemitic and compared its rhetoric to the Ku Klux Klan, urging honesty about anti-Jewish sentiments. He introduced Omer Shem Tov, an Israeli abducted at the Nova music festival on 7 October 2023 during the Hamas-led attack that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and abducted 252; Shem Tov was held captive for 505 days. Since 7 October, Israel has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians in Gaza, an outcome described by leading experts as genocide. Seinfeld described visiting Tel Aviv to meet hostage families. The event was sponsored by Chabad at Duke and university groups, and Seinfeld requested his appearance be unannounced. Duke does not preview or endorse campus speakers.
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