Jerry Seinfeld’s Three-Word Response to a Pro-Palestinian Heckler

When a pro-Palestinian young man approached Jerry Seinfeld last night, Wednesday, at a New York Knicks basketball game and demanded that he call for the liberation of Palestine, Seinfeld did not stay silent and delivered a sharp three-word reply. The game at Madison Square Garden once again drew some of the world’s biggest stars, and while Taylor Swift and her Jewish friends drew attention in the stands, the person who attracted the most notice afterward was the legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld. But it turns out not everyone in the arena had come only to enjoy basketball, and some were looking to stage a political provocation at the expense of the Jewish star.

The tense encounter: “It doesn’t exist”

During the evening, a pro-Palestinian young man approached Seinfeld holding a mobile phone and filming what was happening. The young man tried to embarrass the comedian, moved closer to him and urged him to repeat the familiar slogan, shouting at him, “Free Palestine.” Seinfeld, who since October 7 has displayed a pro-Israeli line and a proud, uncompromising Zionist stance, was not rattled by the attempt to provoke him. He looked at the young man, smiled dismissively, and gave a short, sharp, unambiguous response: “It doesn’t exist.”