Student protesters at MIT held a May Day rally Wednesday in solidarity with organized labor and opposition to the ongoing war in Gaza, as some graduating students at Tufts University threatened to boycott commencement exercises if the encampment there is forcibly removed.

Palestinian​ demonstrators to end their protests peacefully before commencement. Dozens of students say if police step in, they will boycott graduation.

If Tufts University calls on the police to break up a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, students behind the movement say they’ll boycott commencement. Roughly 320 undergraduate and graduate students set to receive their degrees later this month have sent a letter to university President Sunil Kumar urging Tufts to stay away from “police violence” and to “take action to end the War

A number of graduating Tufts University students are threatening to boycott commencement exercises on May 18 if school officials forcibly remove a pro-Palestinian encampment on the Academic Quad.

Those who don't leave could be suspended or banned from graduation ceremonies. Tufts University protest. Tufts University issued a no trespass order to students late Tuesday, tell

Tufts University is issuing a new warning to student protesters remaining at the encampment on the Academic Quad, after negotiations with students failed Tuesday.

A group of antiwar protesters rallied at Boston's Emerson College Wednesday afternoon. The pro-Palestinian protest near Boston Common has been peaceful. The group of dozens of people marched through Boylston Place Alley,