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Wed Oct 25, 2023, 06:19 PM Oct 2023

Guess Which Group Ron DeSantis Just Banned from Florida Campuses

Source: New Republic

Guess Which Group Ron DeSantis Just Banned from Florida Campuses

Ella Sherman
Wed, October 25, 2023 at 1:03 PM EDT·2 min read

The head of Florida’s public university system has called for the statewide shutdown of Students for Justice in Palestine on all campuses.

In a letter released on Tuesday, Chancellor Ray Rodrigues argued that all chapters of the pro-Palestine group must be “deactivated.” The letter also stated that the new directive was issued “in consultation with” Governor Ron DeSantis.

The letter pointed to a tool kit released by the national student-led organization, “which refers to [Hamas’s October 7 attack] as ‘the resistance’ and unequivocally states: ‘Palestinian students in exile are PART of this movement, not in solidarity with this movement.’”

This tool kit, Rodrigues wrote, shows that SJP is linked to “a terrorist led attack.” The letter also noted that under Florida law, it is a felony to “knowingly provide material support … to a designated foreign terrorist organization.”

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