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President Joe Biden has told the graduating class at Morehouse College that he hears their voices of protest over the Israel-Hamas war, and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza have been heartbreaking He said in his commencement address Sunday that, “I support peaceful nonviolent protest.” Some students at the ceremony in Atlanta wore keffiyeh scarves around their shoulders on top of their black graduation robes. The president said, “Your voices should be heard, and I promise you I hear them.” Morehouse’s announcement that Biden would be the commencement speaker drew some backlash among the school’s faculty and supporters who oppose Biden’s handling of the war. Read moreBiden tells Morehouse graduates that he hears their voices of protest over the war in Gaza