Dave Chappelle Gets Offer to Meet with Jewish Group After Israel Flak

Dave Chappelle has angered many within the Jewish neighborhood after his remarks on Israel — however one group advocating for them is extending an olive department if he is prepared to talk.

American Jewish Committee spokesperson Richard Hirschhaut tells TMZ … they’d like to have a sit-down with Dave to assist him perceive why so many individuals have been upset, and the way he can higher navigate this matter subsequent time round.

The AJC, a worldwide advocacy group, says Dave’s first attempt to debate Israel-Palestine — throughout his Boston present final week — missed the mark and provides … “Dave Chappelle prides himself on precision of language and moral clarity. His comments uttered during last Friday’s show at TD Garden failed on both counts.”

They inform us his preliminary condemnation of Hamas was nice — however that he ought to have stopped there. AJC continues, “By criticizing Israel’s retaliatory strikes and accusing the US of aiding the slaughter of innocent people, Chappelle turns truth on its head. Make no mistake, the slaughter of innocents is precisely what Hamas did on October 7th.”

After all, there’ve been innocent Palestinians who’ve been killed within the aftermath of all this as effectively — upwards of 4,300, in truth, relying on which tallies you take a look at. The unique Hamas attack claimed round 1,400 or so innocent Israeli lives.

In any case, the AJC thinks DC must be extra exact together with his language — they usually additionally consider he ought to know higher at such a risky time. In keeping with them, his encouraging of individuals to shout “Free Palestine” creates a hostile and harmful setting for Jewish folks, they usually say if that occurs once more, it is incumbent on him to ask what which means.

Of their thoughts, the reply is apparent … Free Palestine boils all the way down to eliminating Israel.

Nonetheless, Richard says his org “would welcome an opportunity to meet with Chappelle and his team in an effort to help deepen his understanding of the current situation and enable him to be a source of more light than heat going forward.”

Based mostly on Dave’s monitor document with different controversies … the AJC most likely should not maintain its collective breath. He would not tend to apologize, nor does he usually really feel the necessity to sit down with anybody after one thing like this.