Hundreds of Harvard Graduates Walk Out of Commencement Chanting “Free Palestine“

Hundreds of students in graduation robes walked out of the Harvard commencement on Thursday chanting “Free, free Palestine” after weeks of protests on campus.

This came a day after the school announced that 13 Harvard students who participated in a protest encampment would not be able to receive diplomas alongside their classmates.

Some students chanted “Let them walk, let them walk” during the commencement, referring to allowing those 13 students to get their diplomas along with fellow graduates. The decision by Harvard’s top governing board to withhold degrees from the protesters followed a recommendation by faculty to allow them to graduate.

However, the board said each of the 13 violated university policies during the encampment protest. The protesters had called for a ceasefire in Gaza and for Harvard to divest from companies that support the war.