Jerry Seinfeld booed by anti-Israel protesters who walk out of his Duke commencement speech

Dozens of students walked out of Duke University’s commencement ceremony on Sunday to protest guest speaker Jerry Seinfield over his support of Israel during the war in Gaza.

Video of the incident shows a group of st🐓udents walking out of their seats and carrying a Palestinian flag as soon as the comedia꧒n and TV star was called to the stage. 

The attention to the protesters was quickly diverted by the cheering crowd, who chanted, “Jerry! Jerry!” as Seinfeld would go on to give his speech and ac🔜cept an honorary degree fꦫrom Duke. 

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While Seinfeld appeared to receive support from𓃲 the majority of the crowd, once the cheers eased up, several boos and shouts of “Free Palestine,” could be heard erupting through. 

Seinfeld has been vocal over his support for the Jewish State following Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 massacre that killed more than 1,200 peopl✤e and kidnappe෴d another 252. 

The comedian also met with families of the hostages and visited a kibbutz destroyed by the terro🐻r attack during a trip to Israel iဣn December.

Seinfeld, however, opted to steer clear of the war during his speech at Duke — and instead told students to embrace hard work and what they love as they move forward on the next major step in their lives,.      

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“Find something where you love the good parts and don’t mind the bad parts too much — the torture you’re comfortable with,” the comedian joked. 

“This is the golden path to victory in life. Work. Exercise. Relationships,” he added.” They all have a solid component of pure torture, and they are all 1,000% worth it.”

The walkout was the only disruption to the commencement ceremony, with no other incident taking place during or afte🗹🐟r Seinfeld’s speech. 

The animus Seinfeld faced at Duke was not the first time he was targeted by protesters 🔯over his support✱ for Israel. 

In February, Seinfeld was heckled by a group of protesters after leaving an event in the Upper East Side, where demonstrators called him a “genocide supporter.🏅” 

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The Duke walkout was the latest in manifestations that have erupted in college campuses across the US calling on universities to divest and end their ties with Israel over the war in Gaza.&n𝐆bsp; 

About 60 students at Rutgers University walked out of their own commencement ceremony on Sunday to protest the war, with꧅ many of the protesters swapping graduation caps for keffiyehs, NJ.com reports. 

The Rutgers walkout broke out half🐎way through the ceremony, with students waving around a banner with the colors of the Pဣalestinian flag. 

University officials did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for com💮ment.  

On Saturday, students also held a walkout at Virginia Commonwealth University during a commencement ceremony addressed by Republican Gov. Glenn Younking꧟,🧸 and at the University of California, Berkeley, students stalled their own ceremony as they waved Palestinian flags in the middle of the stadium.   

With Post wires