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Rutgers Cancels Pro-Palestinian Speaker After Campus Israel Protest

5/7/2026

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Rutgers rescinded the invitation to Rami Elghandour after student complaints about his criticism of Israel weeks after the campus hosted Israeli Defense Forces soldiers.
Dean Alberto Cuitiño said the decision protects graduates from feeling forced to choose between convictions and ceremony.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations New Jersey condemned the cancellation as unjust because the remarks called for ending genocide and were not hateful.

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Rutgers rescinded the invitation to Rami Elghandour after student complaints about his criticism of Israel weeks after the campus hosted Israeli Defense Forces soldiers.
Dean Alberto Cuitiño said the decision protects graduates from feeling forced to choose between convictions and ceremony.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations New Jersey condemned the cancellation as unjust because the remarks called for ending genocide and were not hateful.