Dave Chappelle under fire for anti-Semitism again after slamming Israel and sparking walkout

Comedian Dave Chappelle is under fire again for anti-Semitism after he criticized Israel's actions in fighting Hamas terrorists during a show in Boston.

Some audience members left when others in the crowd joined in yelling their support for Palestine.

Chappelle performed at TD Garden in Boston on Thursday and Friday to a packed house, according to multiple audience members.

Near the end of his act, Chappelle said that as a Muslim he condemns Israel for its treatment of the Gazan people and he "started to add in lots of false and unsubstantiated claims," according to a Facebook post from Andrew Margolies, who said he was at the Oct. 19 show.

Another person also said they were at Chappelle's show and said he started speaking about Israel and Palestine by saying what happened on Oct. 7 was wrong when more than 1,400 people, including women, children and the elderly, were murdered by Hamas terrorists. However, he then went on to criticize Israel's response before an audience member shouted at him, "Shut the F up."

Chappelle reportedly responded, "You do not tell me to shut the F up at my show," and began a "tirade of his beliefs leaving comedy behind and focusing purely on the politics," according to Margolies. 

"While that was awful in itself, what made my heart sink and started to invoke fear was when the crowd of nearly 20,000 people started yelling out 'Go Palestine. Go Hamas.' and other related [hateful] jargon," he also wrote.

Margolies said he, his wife, and "many other Jews" left the show. "Never in my life have I felt so unsafe and so fearful of what I was witnessing. The words alone were horrific, but we were vulnerable in a public forum. How could we know what would happen? Could violence against the Jewish members in the audience break out?"

The other audience member said that the audience was filled with the "typical Boston demographic" of "80% white. 5% black and the rest Latin and others."

Chappelle then reportedly said to go ahead and "cancel" him, but the whole crowd cannot be canceled, referring to the practice of cancel culture, where people are barred from participating in segments of society for their comments.

A spokesperson for Chappelle told The Wall Street Journal that the comedian "denies being in Boston" that night, despite being listed as performing there.

The venue, TD Garden, did not immediately respond to Just the News' request for comment.

Chappelle received criticism last year after his "Saturday Night Live" monologue repeatedly alluded to the anti-Semitic allegation that Jews control the media.

His latest comments sparked online outrage, as well as praise.

Former Georgia Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who is well-known for expressing doubts about the Holocaust, commented on the incident on X, formerly Twitter: "Israel and its supporters deserve criticism; they smear, ridicule, stigmatize people who object to its criminal behavior."

"I’ll never watch a damn thing of #DaveChappelle again in my life," Israel advocate David Lange said.

"Someone inform the funny man that the Palestinians voted Hamas into power. So they need to blame themselves, not us or Israel, for their stupidity," another user said.

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