Jerry Seinfeld made a controversial appearance at Duke University on Tuesday, where he compared the “Free Palestine” movement to the Ku Klux Klan. The college’s newspaper, The Chronicle, reported on Seinfeld’s comments after they were made at an event featuring Omer Shem Tov, a former Israeli hostage who was held captive by Hamas for 505 days.

“Free Palestine is, to me, just — you’re free to say you don’t like Jews,” Seinfeld said. “Just say you don’t like Jews. By saying ‘Free Palestine,’ you’re not admitting what you really think. 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.”

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