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After Anti-Israel Speeches, a Law School Curtails Graduation Traditions

The New York Times · Maia Coleman · last updated
For the past two years, commencement speakers at the City University of New York School of Law have made support for Palestinians and opposition to Israel a focus of their speeches. The backlash was intense.

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