GRADUATION CONFRONTATION
Hundreds of student and faculty demonstrators disrupt Harvard’s graduation ceremony
Jewish student leader said the commencement chaos culminated a year filled with antisemitic incidents
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Anti-Israel demonstrators protest outside Harvard Yard during Harvard University's class of 2024 graduation ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 23, 2024.
Hundreds of students and faculty members walked out of Harvard University’s commencement ceremony on Thursday in solidarity with 13 anti-Israel student protesters who were denied degrees as a result of their involvement in the school’s illegal campus encampment.