Stanford University graduates protest Google CEO speech, triggering walkout of hundreds of students

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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. Liora Rez, executive director of StopAntisemitism, addresses Wednesday's anti-Israel actions at Stanford University in California, where agitators occupied the offices of the school’s president and provost. Hundreds of Stanford University students were seen walking out of their commencement ceremony on Sunday in protest of their speaker, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. According to local reports, around 200 students walked out as soon as Pichai took the stage, before he even began to speak. During the walkout, some students were seen holding Palestinian flags. The protest was likely against Google's involvement in "Project Nimbus," a $1.2 billion joint cloud contract with Amazon connected with the Israeli government. The deal was first announced in 2021 and has drawn controversy from anti-Israel activists since then. MASKED ANTI-ISRAEL STANFOR