Hundreds of anti-Israel students walked out from Yale University's commencement on Monday after chanting 'free Palestine' during the president's address.
Hundreds of Yale graduates staged a walkout from the university's graduation ceremony in Newhaven on Monday. The protesting students could be seen waving Palestinian flags as well as banners demanding that the college 'disclose and divest.' Anti-Israel protests have ravaged campuses across the country for weeks, forcing some universities to cancel their end-of-year ceremonies altogether.
Students also waved Palestinian flags throughout the ceremony. Yale's campus has been a hot spot for anti-Israel protests for the past several weeks. Police made dozens of arrests in a series of operations aimed at clearing out encampments. The protest at Yale mirrored disruptions at graduation and commencement ceremonies taking place across the country. Drexel University in Philadelphia was forced to go into lockdown on Monday due to a resurgence in protests. The University of Southern California was forced to cancel its graduation ceremony altogether.
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