Jerry Seinfeld has compared those who use the phrase “free Palestine” to the Ku Klux Klan.

“Free Palestine is, to me, just — you’re free to say you don’t like Jews,” Seinfeld said at a Duke University event featuring Omer Shem Tov , a former Israeli hostage who was held captive by Hamas for 505 days following the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack.

“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.”

A university spokesperson told the Duke Chronicle that the school did not know what Seinfeld was going to say onstage.

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