There are at least two Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at Florida universities facing cancellation.
The punishments doled out to student groups come as state policymakers, such as Ron DeSantis, have pressed university leaders to penalize anti-Israel dissent on campuses across the state. | Michael Dwyer/APTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s university system chancellor, responding to a push by Gov.
There are at least two Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at Florida universities facing cancellation through ties to the national organization, according to Rodrigues, who did not specify where the groups were located in the memo. The University of Florida and University of South Florida, though, both appear to have active SJP chapters.
By linking this document to SJP branches in Florida, the state contends that the groups are violating a state law that makes it felony to “knowingly provide material support ... to a designated foreign terrorist organization.” Heated rhetoric over the Israel-Hamas war has roiled colleges across the country, leaving some of theThe punishments doled out to student groups come as state policymakers, such as DeSantis and Florida’s only Jewish Republican state lawmaker, state Rep. Randy Fine, have pressed university leaders to penalize anti-Israel dissent on campuses across the state.
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