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October 27, 2023

Florida Moves to Ban Chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine in State Colleges
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Florida's state university system, in collaboration with Republican
Governor Ron De Santis, has issued a memo ordering college campuses to
shut down a Palestinian solidarity student organization. Florida
officials accused Students for Justice in Palestine of providing
"harmful support for terrorist groups." Palestine Legal, which defends
the free speech of Palestinian rights activists, said in a statement the
memo was "filled with erroneous factual and legal claims that seek to
distract from, distort and silence the message of student activists
across the United States the same way Israeli propaganda has sought to
distract public attention from ongoing Israeli war crimes." Meanwhile,
Governor De Santis said Thursday he's made arrangements to send drones,
weapons and ammunition to Israel as it prepares for a ground invasion of
Gaza.


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