Yale has accused the protest group, Yalies4Palestine, of briefly setting up a campus encampment to protest against visiting Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Al Jazeera reports.

Ben-Gvir — who said this week that Republican lawmakers support bombing “food and aid depots” in Gaza — last night addressed the Shabtai Society, a Yale Jewish student group not officially affiliated with the school.

In a statement, Yale accused Yalies4Palestine of organising the encampment, which it said violated campus protest policies. Yalies4Palestine has denied being responsible.

A university statement said the protest “occurred only one day after Yalies4Palestine had met with Yale College officials to discuss recent policy violations and were warned that further violations would jeopardise the group’s privileges”.

“Because Yalies4Palestine has flagrantly violated the rules to which the Yale College Dean’s Office holds all registered student organisations, Yale College today notified Yalies4Palestine that the College is withdrawing its status as a registered student organisation,” the university was quoted as saying.