Biden tells Morehouse graduates that he hears their voices of protest over the war in Gaza

President Joe Biden is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically Black, male-only institution in Atlanta.

Some members of the graduating class showed support for Palestinians in Gaza by tying keffiyeh scarves around their shouldersPresident Joe Biden on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest over the Israel-Hamas war, and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza have been heartbreaking.

The letter claimed that Biden’s approach to Israel amounted to support of genocide in Gaza and was out of step with the pacifism expressed by Martin Luther King Jr., Morehouse’s most famous graduate. The class valedictorian, DeAngelo Jeremiah Fletcher, said at the close of his speech that it was his duty to speak on the war in Gaza and that it was important to recognize that both Palestinians and Israelis have suffered.

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