A group of New York University student protesters left their commencement hall Wednesday and demanded that university leaders divest from Israel.
As New York University opened its doors at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, a small group of students in graduation gowns chanted, “We will liberate Palestine.”
Some demonstrators had their hands painted red, while others held the Palestinian flag.
The group left the ceremony while it was in progress and called on university leaders to disengage and cut ties with Israel.
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A few dozen New York University graduates and other supporters of the Palestinian cause gathered outside Yankee Stadium on Wednesday for New York University's commencement ceremony. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The NYU Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine group called the start a “distraction” in a social media post.
The protest comes as other student protesters have disrupted university commencement ceremonies across the United States.
A woman waving a Palestinian flag is escorted out of New York University's commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium in New York on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
At the commencement ceremony for Columbia University's School of Social Work, a student walked across the stage in handcuffs and tore up her diploma in an act of defiance.
New York University graduates wearing kaffiyehs leave their seats as New York University President Linda Mills begins to speak during a commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium in New York on Wednesday . (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Columbia announced last week that it was canceling the start of the academic year in favor of smaller events due to security concerns related to anti-Israel protests.
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At Duke University in North Carolina, a group of students waving the Palestinian flag and chanting “Free Palestine” left comedian Jerry Seinfeld as he took the stage to deliver the commencement speech on Sunday.
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Seinfeld was greeted with cheers and chants of “Jerry! Jerry!” who drowned out the demonstrators.