Overview
- Rutgers, which rescinded the School of Engineering invite on Wednesday, said some graduates would not attend because of the speaker’s social-media posts about Israel.
- Multiple outlets identified an April 20 post on X alleging genocide and claiming Israelis train dogs to sexually assault prisoners, which a Rutgers representative called an inflammatory claim.
- Rami Elghandour, the Arcellx CEO and Rutgers alumnus, condemned the move and said he will record and post the speech he had prepared.
- The university said the change keeps the focus on students at the May 15 convocation, and no replacement speaker has been announced.
- The decision follows Rutgers’ January 2025 civil-rights settlement over antisemitism and fits a broader wave of graduation disputes linked to the Israel–Gaza war.