Megha Vemuri called out MIT for having research ties with the Israeli army and "aiding and abetting" the country with its "assault on the Palestinian people."

"We are watching Israel try to wipe Palestine off the face of the Earth, and it's a shame that MIT is a part of it," Megha Vemuri, the class president, said in her speech the day prior. The post Students disrupt MIT chancellor at graduation after class president banned for pro-Palestine speech appeared first on Boston.

Megha Vemuri, MIT 2025 class president, was banned from attending Friday’s undergraduate commencement ceremony after she slammed Israel’s alleged “genocide” in Gaza during a Thursday speech. “We have been given the privilege of access to a place like this,