All pro-Palestinian protestors released from jail one day after UF campus arrests
Of the nine people arrested at a UF pro-Palestinian protest Monday evening, eight were released from Alachua County Jail early Tuesday without having to pay bail.
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Of the nine people arrested at a UF pro-Palestinian protest Monday evening, eight were released from Alachua County Jail early Tuesday without having to pay bail.
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The UF Police Department removed three pro-Palestinian demonstrators from the Reitz Union Tuesday evening after they argued with a pro-Israel speaker inside.
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Nearly a hundred spectators filled the benches and lined the walls of the Alachua County Commission’s auditorium to voice their opinions on a potential resolution to urge President Joe Biden’s administration toward a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis directed Florida universities to waive certain application requirements for Jewish transfer students fearing antisemitism during his annual State of the State address Tuesday evening.
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The Islamic Community Center of Gainesville was vandalized early Thursday morning by unidentified suspect(s) who broke several windows.
Home to the largest Jewish student public university population in the nation, UF has one of the most comprehensive university Jewish centers nationally, according to its director, professor Norman J.W. Goda.
Sara Beer has recently started to think twice before wearing her Star of David necklace on UF's campus.
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