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Florida orders universities to disband pro-Palestinian student group, saying it backs Hamas
Headline from NBC 6 South Florida
Florida’s state university system is disbanding chapters of a pro-Palestinian student group it says is violating state law by aligning themselves with Hamas in the wake of an attack on Israeli citizens.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration is taking the extraordinary step of linking a pro-Palestinian student organization to terrorism and is ordering state universities to ban the group from campuses, saying it illegally backs Hamas militants who attacked Isr…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration ordered two major universities in Florida to remove Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters from campus.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's administration is taking the extraordinary step of ordering state universities to ban a pro-Palestinian student organization from campuses, saying it illegally backs Hamas militants who attacked Israel earlier this month.
DeSantis administration alleges Students for Justice in Palestine is aligned with terrorists; leaders of the group decry a “disgraceful” assault on free speech.
Florida's university system, in conjunction with Governor Ron DeSantis, ordered the deactivation of chapters of a pro-Palestine group on the state's campuses.
The State University System of Florida chancellor, in consultation with Governor Ron DeSantis, orders chapters of the pro-Palestinian group “deactivated.”
The state university system of Florida announced Tuesday that campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine must be "deactivated," citing their support for recent terrorist attacks by Hamas.
The memo from Florida's state university system chancellor accuses the student group of supporting Hamas and "terrorism," noting the latter is a felony.
NEW: Governor DeSantis just ordered the University of Florida and the University of South Florida to deactivate their "Students for Justice in Palestine" groups for violating Florida's...
Florida’s university system, working with Governor Ron DeSantis, ordered colleges on Tuesday to shut down a pro-Palestinian student organization, making Florida the first U.S. state to outlaw the group whose national leadership backed Hamas's attack on Israel.
Florida’s state university system is disbanding chapters of a pro-Palestinian student group it says is violating state law by aligning themselves with Hamas in the wake of an attack on Israeli citizens.
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