(VINnews) — Controversial rapper Kanye West is under fire, after making multiple disparaging comments against Jews, and invoking antisemitic tropes, including against Jared Kushner.
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West posted a screenshot of a conversation he had with Sean “Diddy” Combs in which he called out Jewish people in a series of Instagram posts on Friday, most of which have been deleted.
Instagram has also deleted some of the content and restricted his account, after a post that some groups are calling “anti-Jewish.”
“Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me,” he says.
West, who now goes by the pseudonym ‘Ye,’ also wrote for the caption of the photo: “Jesus is Jew.”
In response, many users criticized the rapper.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) posted a video on Instagram claiming that West used “antisemitic tropes like greed and control.”
In a caption accompanying the AJC’s Instagram post, the group accused Ye of making “incoherent rants laden with racist and antisemitic undertones made on the country’s top cable news program.”
The AJC said the post insinuated that Combs is “controlled” by Jews. It since appears to have been deleted.
“Kanye West should figure out how to make a point without using antisemitism,” the AJC said.
Zionist Instagram account @blackandjewishunity asked West: “Big bro. Please clarify what this is.”
“Please delete this. For the sake of protecting your Jewish friends from the ever-growing antisemitism in the world,” asked Lizzy Savestsky.
“Please leave the Jewish Community out of all this,” another user said.
The night before he made the posts, West made comments on Fox News about Jared Kushner that many consider reminiscent of anti-Jewish slurs.
He was interviewed by Tucker Carlson, and claimed the Abraham Accords was signed “to make money” for the Kushner family’s role in the Trump administration.
West’s comments resembled a common antisemitic stereotype claiming that Jews are greedy.
I kinda liked him for supporting trump and white lives matter but he’s just a thug
He seems like an erratic guy in general. Not worth worrying about.
This is terrible. Dianne Feinstein should resign immediately.
I don’t know who this West is but seem to remember he had something to do with President Trump and was at the White House
Quite delusional and often given to thinking he is
awesome.
This reactionary celebrity has been invited to numerous Trump rallies and spews his confused messages there. Like weirdo Hershel Walker.