Harvard University faced significant protests during its graduation ceremonies in Boston, US, as students and faculty expressed solidarity with Palestine. Two of the three student speakers criticized the university for disciplining 13 pro-Palestinian protesters by excluding them from graduation. Additionally, Harvard students held signs and banners calling for a free Palestine and a ceasefire, and a student speaker denounced the university's response to Gaza protests. The protests extended beyond Harvard, with similar actions occurring at other institutions such as the University of Toronto, where faculty members faced termination threats for participating in pro-Palestinian encampments. At Brown University, alumni disrupted the commencement ceremony, calling for divestment from what they described as genocide in Palestine. At Harvard-Epworth Church, a “People’s Commencement” was held for the banned students.
A group of pro-Israel protesters waved Israeli and U.S. flags Saturday afternoon across the street from a Brown University graduation event, while anti-Israel protesters interrupted the event itself during the ceremony. https://t.co/LpqxNaOGbo
Brown University president’s commencement speech briefly interrupted by protesters https://t.co/reYcIbbMLa
‘No rest till Brown divests’: Anti-Israel protesters interrupt university graduation https://t.co/kBj6h4k2Eg
GA students set up an encampment for Palestine, lasting just 2 hours before police crackdown. Suspensions & campus bans won't stop the movement! https://t.co/D3ZtnkQd8C
A semester of discontent: The students who camped for Palestine 🖊@vijayprashad https://t.co/G5eKUp0GVa
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of @BrownUniversity alumni disrupt President Paxson during Commencement, calling on the University to divest from genocide in Palestine https://t.co/QYc4cxBTTz
When a pro-Palestine encampment went up in Harvard Yard last month, the dean of students sent out an e-mail warning the campers that they faced punishment. The encampment, he wrote, was disrupting studies. The Harvard Crimson found otherwise. https://t.co/QJn2yviOB3
Indian-American Harvard student slams university over response to Gaza protests https://t.co/q1QRMCpQQK
Pro-Palestinian protesters expected to meet with U of T administration https://t.co/PG9KKG7BIS https://t.co/GJUGx8eMBY
Pro-Palestinian protesters expected to meet with U of T administration after trespass notice issued https://t.co/MygvFDpasb
Harvard bars 13 pro-Palestinian students from receiving degrees https://t.co/aYcIdJpqSJ
"Stop Cop City, Free Palestine" Seen yesterday at Bard College’s commencement ceremony https://t.co/6aHdMIsn7R
Mahmoud, a student taking part in the Gaza solidarity encampment at Cambridge University, says the encampment has brought people of multiple faiths together, all united in their call for an end to the genocide in Gaza. https://t.co/l7tRdgaJK8
Here's how a student brought her white coat to Harvard Medical School's grad ceremony. While hospitals in Gaza are being raided, Harvard continues to invest in the regime carrying out these atrocities and denies people diplomas protesting its complicity. https://t.co/YjWmMhJVlB
The University of Toronto is threatening to fire faculty and staff attending Palestinian solidarity protests. Remember that this was the same university that cancelled a human rights hire after lobby group CIJA "discovered" the chosen candidate was critical of Israeli policies.
U of T faculty association alarmed as school warns of termination for those who don’t leave pro-Palestinian encampment before deadline https://t.co/oWMdE7d8gA
Gaza camp protests predominantly occurring at elite colleges, report finds https://t.co/x62G7r4p5t
The anti-Israel students marched across the yard to Epworth Church for a “people’s commencement” for the banned students, according to the Harvard Crimson student newspaper. https://t.co/nNEJUBrJyr
As police repression sweeps campus encampments, schools have been cutting ties with pro-Palestine faculty members without tenure. @theintercept @natashalennard https://t.co/6bskzlIWkH
Two of the three student speakers deviated from their prepared remarks by blasting Harvard for disciplining 13 pro-Palestinian student protesters by excluding them from the graduation. https://t.co/nNEJUBrbIT
The leadership of Harvard-Epworth Church, the venue that held the pro-Palestine “People’s Commencement”, said they were angered and dismayed that the church became the site of a large-scale protest. @e1ysegoncalves and @matanjosephy report. https://t.co/Rt4HWL7ExI
Jews had plenty of reasons to feel unwelcome at this year's Harvard graduation, thanks to the Palestinian flag-waving, but the last straw for Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi was the graduation speaker. https://t.co/GoCUSe3LCs
A semester of discontent: The students who camped for Palestine ✍@vijayprashad https://t.co/G5eKUp0GVa
Harvard student speaker denounces university over Gaza protest response https://t.co/LVqb8s9U3z
Harvard students raised banners in support of Palestine and called for divestment during their graduation ceremonies on Friday in Boston, US. https://t.co/NTBUYJ1YbI
At graduation, Harvard students held signs calling for a free Palestine and a ceasefire. https://t.co/ZdCFJqyFI1
Over the last semester, students at Australian universities established camps in solidarity with Gaza. In the face of baseless accusations of antisemitism, they are demanding that universities cut ties with arms manufacturers. https://t.co/ul0IQzSKMv