{"id":758331,"date":"2026-06-11T12:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/758331\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:27:21","slug":"jerry-seinfeld-shuts-down-anti-israel-influencer-with-3-words-when-he-was-rushed-after-knicks-historic-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/758331\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Seinfeld shuts down anti-Israel influencer with 3 words when he was rushed after Knicks historic win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Seinfeld shut down an anti-Israel influencer by telling him Palestine \u201cdoesn\u2019t exist\u201d after he was rushed while leaving the Garden Wednesday night following the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/10\/sports\/knicks-pull-off-historic-nba-finals-comeback-to-put-them-one-win-from-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knicks\u2019 historic NBA Finals comeback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary comedian, 72, was walking among the throngs of people after Game 4 when he was ambushed by a popular streamer armed with a mic and camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat up, Seinfeld? What up? Can we get a \u2018Free Palestine\u2019?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@finessefave\/video\/7650027084005362974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said the streamer<\/a>, FinesseFave, sticking a mic in the face of the Jewish actor and writer.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Seinfeld and wife Jessica on celebrity row during the second quarter of the Knicks\u2019 game. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The famously quick-on-his-feet stand-up responded with a laugh before shutting down the incendiary question in three words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t exist,\u201d he said, before walking away.<\/p>\n<p>FinesseFave later shared the video with his 180k TikTok followers, along with the caption, \u201cClown hasn\u2019t been relevant in decades anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Seinfeld told a prominent Kick streamer that Palestine does not exist. TikTok \/ @finessefave<\/p>\n<p>The comedian was rushed after the historic game. TikTok \/ @finessefave<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t the first time Seinfeld has been targeted by anti-Israel protestors, particularly following his full-throated support for the Jewish state in the wake of the October 7 attacks in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2024, he was booed and dozens of students walked out as the comedian gave the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/12\/us-news\/jerry-seinfeld-sparks-duke-university-commencement-walkout-over-israel-support\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">commencement speech at Duke University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld, star of the eponymous iconic \u201990s sitcom, was sitting on celebrity row at Madison Square Garden as the Knicks completed a record 29-point comeback against the San Antonio Spurs to take a 3-1 lead in the series.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jerry Seinfeld shut down an anti-Israel influencer by telling him Palestine \u201cdoesn\u2019t exist\u201d after he was rushed while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[69037,7,12380,93159,304,7904,6,1136,191,3810,3806,42913,66,4486],"class_list":["post-758331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-knicks","tag-antisemitism","tag-basketball","tag-israel","tag-jerry-seinfeld","tag-knicks","tag-metro","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkknicks","tag-palestine","tag-sports","tag-us-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116731474321900957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}