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David Padel told Sky News that allowing Kanye West to start tweeting again would be “dangerous for Jews” and “dangerous for my children”.
The Jewish author and comedian has also said that he considers the musician to be a racist.
West is currently suspended from Twitter for posting a picture of a swastika hours after praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
The 45-year-old musician posted the highly offensive photo just two weeks after he was allowed back on the site following a previous ban.
Padel said he understands why Twitter owner Elon Musk might consider another reprieve for the rapper.
“Allowing Kanye back on that platform seems to be part of Elon Musk’s attempt to make him less controlled by the progressive left,” he told The Beth Rigby Interview.
“I am not bothered by these arguments. I am troubled about what is dangerous for Jews. What is dangerous for my children.”
“I think it’s dangerous. I think it’s very dangerous.”
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Regarding the West’s motivations, Padel said that anti-Semitism “is often seen by people as a kind of beating”.
He continued, “So they don’t see racism in it, because what they see is that the Jews are powerful.
“So Kanye would say things like, Jews control the music business, I’m finally getting rid of the shackles of how the Jews won’t let me talk about this, because they’re in control.”
West previously accused record producer Sean “Diddy” Combs of being controlled by “Jewish people” in an Instagram post.
Padel continued, “It comes from a sense, this is a rebellious cry against the race that controls us, and the problem with that is that it doesn’t sound like an alt-right person saying ‘Look at those scum, I’m just going to kill them’.”
“It just looks like someone putting up a good fight. That’s actually what Hitler said, who Kanye said he admired, that’s also how Hitler looked to some people.”
In an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, West said, “I love Hitler.”
The West retains the ability to influence people, Badel said. He noted, “Kanye, because he’s a brilliant hip-hop artist, has a really strong voice.”
Asked if West was racist, Padel said, “I think what he said is anti-Semitic. And I think anti-Semitism is racist. Yes.”
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PHOTO: Jason Lee, pictured here in 1999, received an apology from David Baddiel for his portrayal of the Fantasy Football League TV show
Padel also discussed his recent apology to former soccer player Jason Lee, for the way he had portrayed him in sketches on his 1990s TV series Fantasy Football League.
“As I become more aware of the racism directed against me, as well as being hurt or upset by it, or thinking this is weird, it’s clear that this really racist thing is — that I’m guilty of the same thing,” he said.
And that brought me home over time, over so much time I have to apologize to Jason Lee.
“When I (made) a documentary, I thought I should go shoot a face-to-face apology. Thankfully, Jason was willing to do that, and it was really hard. He didn’t leave me in any way.”
He was “freaked out,” Padel said, “completely freaked out.”
He told Pete Rigby: “At the end of it I went up to him, and I just said, look, sorry again, and thank you for seeing me.
And he shook my hand and said, No, it’s over now.
“In the sense that we’ve done it now, and we can move on. Which is important to me and important to him.
“It was hard. It must be hard.”
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