Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was on his way home from an event in New York City with Free Press founder Bari Weiss when he encountered angry and disrespectful protesters.
“Genocide supporters, you support genocide!” Protesters shout at Seinfeld as he leaves an event on the Upper East Side on Saturday night, according to footage shared by FNTV. I yelled.
“Hmph, you, you support genocide,” another protester yelled as Seinfeld left the venue.
Jerry Seinfeld protests outside New York theater from pro-Palestinian groups over Israel, calling him complicit in genocide
“Seinfeld” creator and comedian Jerry Seinfeld faced an outcry as he and Free Press founder Bari Weiss left an event in New York City. (Getty Images/Fox News Digital)
“Nazi scum!” other demonstrators shouted.
“A small number of protesters gathered outside the community center that had hosted Weiss, who was delivering the 1992 World Judaism Annual Address.” new york post It was reported on Monday.
“The demonstrators have criticized Weiss, a strong supporter of Israel, and have criticized her for the death of Refaat Alalil, a Palestinian professor and poet who was killed in the Gaza Strip in an Israeli airstrike in December. “We attempted to connect them,” the report continued.
This is not the first time Seinfeld has faced verbal harassment from protesters following the war between Israel and Hamas.
pro-Palestinian demonstrators Participants who marched through downtown Syracuse in December protested Seinfeld’s stand-up show outside the Landmark Theater and accused Seinfeld of being “complicit in genocide” over his support for Israel. .
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This is not the first time Seinfeld has faced verbal harassment from protesters following the war between Israel and Hamas. (Getty Images)
according to daily orange, In Syracuse University’s independent student newspaper, protesters called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and an end to all U.S. aid to Israel.
They also criticized members of the House of Representatives for passing a resolution in December declaring anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism.
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Democrats remain divided over the Israel-Hamas war, and President Biden faces significant backlash from demonstrators over his speech. The split has some Democratic strategists worried about Biden’s chances in the next presidential election.
Muslim voters in the battleground state of Michigan have expressed anger over Biden’s continued support for Israel, with some accusing him of enabling genocide.
Arab Americans in Michigan have traditionally been reliable Democratic supporters, and in 2020 Biden won more than 75% of the vote in the Arab-majority city of Dearborn. However, some members of the community launched a campaign to “abandon Biden, protesting his response to Israel’s retaliatory war in Gaza.”
Fox News’ Taylor Penley and Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
