Pro-Palestinian students walk out on Seinfeld commencement speech at Duke

Several dozen pro-Palestinian students walked out at the start of comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s speech at Duke University on Sunday to protest his open support for Israel. Seinfeld, who is Jewish, has become more vocal recently about antisemitism.

A handful of students walked out of the ceremony at its start, but a large cadre of activists left as the comedian was announced amid cheers and booing.

“Disclose, divest — we will not stop, we will not rest” and “Free, free, free Palestine” echoed in the stadium as Seinfeld was announced, the Duke Chronicle student newspaper reported. The students who left held aloft a Palestinian flag, but some shouted “Jerry! Jerry!” at the start of his talk, and he was given an honorary degree from Duke, the newspaper reported.