Yale College, the undergraduate branch of Yale University, said Wednesday it revoked the status of a pro-Palestinian student group a day after anti-Israel student activists set up an encampment on campus to protest a speech by Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

The Ivy League institution withdrew Yalies4Palestine’s status as a registered student group, although the group said Tuesday night it was not responsible for the protest, the Yale News student newspaper reported. Ben Gvir spoke Wednesday night as a guest of the Shabtai organization as part of his first official tour in the United States, according to The Jerusalem Post.

The university said in a news release Wednesday that the group made calls on social media for people to join the event and a public statement allegedly “taking credit.” Yale acknowledged that the gathering was not affiliated with Yalies4Palestine or any official student organization.

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