Other graduates shouted, “Jerry!…Jerry!” While Seinfeld received an honorary certificate, he delivered a speech that he was invited to attend the ceremony to deliver without significant interruption.
Seinfeld has visited and publicly supported Israel since the Hamas attack on October 7, which Israeli statistics indicate killed 1,200 people and kidnapped 252 others, even in light of subsequent Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip that killed more than 35,000 Palestinians.
The Duke University incident is the latest manifestation of protests rocking American universities, in which students call on their universities to withdraw their investments from arms suppliers and other companies that profit from the war, as well as to pardon students and faculty members who were subjected to disciplinary measures or expelled because of the demonstration.
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