Rutgers Cancels Graduation Speaker After Students Threaten to Boycott Over Anti-Israel Social Media Posts

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Students at Rutgers University School of Engineering threatened to skip their graduation ceremony over the planned speaker’s history of anti-Israel messages.

According to The Associated Press, the university responded by removing Rami Elghandour, CEO of biotech company Arcellx and a university alumnus, from the ceremony.

Per AP:

That invitation was rescinded last week by the school’s dean...