Summary
- Graduating students at Yale University staged a walkout during commencement to protest the Israeli war in Gaza and the university’s financial ties to weapons makers.
- Protesters carried banners and signs calling for divestment from war and protection of free speech.
- Other universities in the US have also seen protests related to the Palestinian crisis, with some canceling graduation ceremonies or facing censure.
- The Yale protest was part of a larger wave of activism in solidarity with pro-Palestinian student activists, including strikes by unionized academic workers.
