Rutgers pulls graduation speaker after his anti-Israel social media posts allegedly drew student backlash

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. A reckless street takeover involving more than 100 cars erupted in Maspeth, Queens, early Saturday morning, as a mob waving Palestinian flags ignited fires and jumped on an NYPD patrol car, cracking its windshield. Rutgers University has pulled the plug on a planned graduation speaker after criticism of Israel sparked backlash, prompting the school to reverse course. The move came after Rami Elghandour, CEO of biotech company Arcellx and a university alumnus, used his social media account to accuse Israel of committing war crimes and offer other anti-Israel messages. Elghandour also served as the executive producer of a documentary about a young Palestinian girl who was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He was slated to speak at the May 15 convocation address at the School of Engineering before the decision was rescinded, according to a repo