Jerry Seinfeld knocked down a pro-Palestinian supporter who interrupted the comedian during his performance in Sydney at the Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday night.
The incident, captured on video by the Australian Jewish Association, unfolded when an audience member interrupted Seinfeld with a provocative chant.
As Seinfeld, 70, performed for the crowd, the caller shouted: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
The outburst provoked immediate reactions from the public, who urged the protester to “get out” and chanted “Jerry, Jerry,” in solidarity with the comedian.
Security quickly intervened, escorting the heckler away, as the audience erupted in boos.
Jerry Seinfeld harshly took down an anti-Israel interlocutor and momentarily halted his performance in Sydney on Sunday night. Seinfeld seen here in 2018
The incident, captured on video by the Australian Jewish Association, unfolded when an audience member interrupted Seinfeld with a provocative chant.
Seinfeld, known for his sharp wit, didn’t miss a beat.
“We have a genius, ladies and gentlemen,” he joked sarcastically. ‘He solved the Middle East (crisis).’
The experienced comedian continued his roast, launching into a biting satire of the interlocutor’s approach to the political complexities of the region.
“It’s the Jewish comedian, that’s who we have to get, they’re the ones who do everything,” Seinfeld joked.
“We have a genius, ladies and gentlemen,” he joked sarcastically. ‘He solved the Middle East’
“They’re going to start hitting you in about three seconds, so I’d try to bring out all your temper so we can all learn from you.”
The criticism of Seinfeld didn’t stop there.
‘You’re really influencing everyone here; Now we are all on your side because you have made your point very well and in the right place. “You’ve come to the right place for a political conversation,” she said.
Seinfeld later commented, “Tomorrow we’ll read in the paper: ‘The Middle East is 100 percent solved thanks to a man at Qudos Stadium arresting a Jewish comedian.'” They stopped him and everyone in the Middle East said, ‘Oh my God, let’s get along, we can do it.’
Seinfeld also addressed Australia’s own history with racial issues, drawing a parallel to the interlocutor’s misguided attempt at activism.
Seinfeld also addressed Australia’s own history with racial issues, drawing a parallel to the interlocutor’s misguided attempt at activism.
“Because I know there are problems here, with the indigenous aboriginals and the whites,” he said.
“They have problems here, so maybe to solve them, I’ll ruin Jim Jeffries at a show in New York.” If that works, this will work. You have to get 32,000 kilometers away from the problem and screw a comedian, that’s how world problems are solved.’
Seinfeld has made his support for Israel very clear, making him a favorite target of angry agitators.
The billionaire comedian published in December 2023, just over two months after the war in Gaza began, to the Times of Israel, that he “lived and worked on a kibbutz in Israel when he was 16 and has loved our Jewish homeland ever since.” .
He added that he “will always support Israel and the Jewish people.”
Following those comments, Seinfeld was approached in New York City after attending the State of the World Jewry address in February.
Journalist Bari Weiss gave the speech, and as Seinfeld left the event, protesters repeatedly shouted “free Palestine” and “you support genocide” at him.
And more recently, dozens of Duke University students walked out of their own graduation ceremony frustrated that Seinfeld was about to speak.