Report: Sydney pub fires trivia host over antisemitic comments, Nazi references

A Sydney pub has fired trivia host Jarred Keane after he made repeated Nazi references and mocked the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, Sky News Australia reports.

During a trivia night at the Iron Duke Hotel, Keane allegedly performed a Nazi salute and made offensive remarks. One attendee, Jonathan Sankey, grandson of Auschwitz survivor and Sydney Jewish Museum founding member Olga Horak, recorded part of the event, and later confronted Keane about the offensive content, Sky News says.

Keane then reportedly doubled down on his comments and took to Instagram to ridicule Sankey, stating that Zionists were “not welcome” at his events and using explicit language to describe them. He further claimed that his trivia nights were fun “unless you’re a conservative or a Zionist” and accused Israel of genocide.

Israel, which was founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust, has adamantly rejected allegations of genocide during its war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.

The Iron Duke Hotel confirmed Keane had been dismissed and distanced itself from his statements, Sky News says.

Jarred Keane is a wannabe comedian. He thinks it's funny to laugh at the Holocaust. He thinks the horrors of six million civilians being shot, gassed, tortured and dehumanised is a joke.

What kind of deadbeat degenerate behaves so appallingly?

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