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President Joe Biden speaks to graduating students at the Morehouse College commencement in Atlanta.
  • Biden appeared to applaud after a Morehouse graduate called for a "permanent" cease-fire in Gaza.
  • The invitation for the president to speak at Morehouse was criticized by many students.
  • Many young people are unhappy with the Biden administration's handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

President Joe Biden on Sunday appeared to clap after the valedictorian of Morehouse College called for an "immediate and permanent cease-fire" in Gaza during the school's commencement ceremony.

In the lead-up to graduation at Morehouse, a prestigious historically Black men's college in Atlanta, many students opposed Biden speaking at the ceremony, frustrated by his administration's handling of the Israel-Hamas war.