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(06/19/19 10:12pm)
In this Jan. 11, 2019, photo, suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel listens to comments by his attorney at a news conference after new Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Israel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., over his handling of February's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Israel testified for seven hours Wednesday, June 19, while fighting to regain his job. A lawyer for DeSantis focused his questions on training that former Deputy Scot Peterson received before the shooting in February 2018. Israel replied that Peterson was trained but there's no way he could have given him the courage to confront the shooter.
(06/19/19 10:04pm)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff suspended by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the response to the Parkland school shooting testified Wednesday that he properly trained a deputy now criminally charged in the case, but he wasn't able to give him courage.
(06/13/19 11:49am)
It is no secret that our Student Government’s majority party likes to tout its close ties to Israel and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
(06/04/19 7:16pm)
MIAMI (AP) — The Florida deputy who knew a gunman was loose at the Parkland high school but refused to go inside to confront the assailant was arrested Tuesday on 11 criminal charges related to his inaction during the massacre that killed 17 people.
(03/27/19 12:27am)
Michael Murphy stands with 2017-2018 UF Student Government President Smith Meyers and 2016-2017 SG Vice President Brendon Jonassaint at the Western Wall in Israel.
(03/27/19 12:20am)
UF Student Government President-Elect Michael Murphy traveled out of The Swamp to engage in international affairs this weekend.
(02/28/19 9:00pm)
The best decision I’ve made in my college career was going on a Birthright Israel trip over Winter Break. You may wonder, what exactly is Birthright? Why do I hear about it all the time? Can I go? Birthright is an organization that provides any person of Jewish lineage the opportunity to go on a free trip to Israel over Summer or Winter Break for 10 days. This is an incredible opportunity to travel, discover more about where you came from and form invaluable friendships that will last a lifetime. Every student who is eligible to go on Birthright should go.
(02/19/19 1:51am)
UF researchers can now assess and treat a patient’s condition faster than ever before with advanced artificial intelligence technology.
(01/11/19 10:14pm)
This Feb. 21, 2018 file photo, shows Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel speaking before a CNN town hall broadcast, at the BB&T Center, in Sunrise, Fla. New Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 over his handling of February’s massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.(Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)
(01/11/19 10:01pm)
This Feb. 21, 2018 file photo, shows Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel speaking before a CNN town hall broadcast, at the BB&T Center, in Sunrise, Fla. New Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 over his handling of February’s massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.(Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)
(01/11/19 9:54pm)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — New Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Friday over his handling of February's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, saying he "repeatedly failed and has demonstrated a pattern of poor leadership."
(10/30/18 7:32pm)
I always have an open mind when it comes to elections. I’m not a partisan. I want to hear from all the candidates and give them a chance to present their ideas.
(10/29/18 10:44pm)
Julie Mallinger woke up in her residence hall Saturday morning and flipped open her laptop to browse Facebook like she would on any other weekend.
(10/28/18 7:01pm)
When I told my family just over a year ago that I wanted to become a more observant Jew and observe Shabbat, the day of rest, there were a lot of difficult conversations. It is traditional for a Jew not to use technology, to carry anything or to drive on this day. No phone, no wallet, no ID and no car.
(10/19/18 12:08am)
UF alumna Lara Alqasem was granted permission to enter Israel after being detained for more than two weeks in an Israeli airport.
(10/16/18 8:18pm)
On Oct. 5, the Alligator ran a story titled, “UF student detained in Israel will be deported,” which is wrong out of the gates because the subject wasn’t a student but an alumnus. This article introduces us to Lara Alqasem who, due to involvement with BDS, would be deported from Israel where she went to study. This would all be very factual were it not that it quotes the term “anti-Semitic” loosely without any useful context twice; once to describe her actions (in fairness this was a direct quote from the Consulate General of Israel in Miami) and once to describe the movement. While this is quoted material, there is no argument given against the statements. This is clear character assassination that needlessly smears Alqasem’s image, as well as the movement she is allegedly involved with: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).
(10/14/18 11:56pm)
After two denied appeals and nearly two weeks living in Ben Gurion Airport’s detainment center, UF graduate Lara Alqasem will have her final hearing.
(10/11/18 9:28pm)
Over two dozen university professors authored a letter to the editor Wednesday, slamming Israel for denying entrance to UF alumna Lara Alqasem, who was accepted into graduate school at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Although you would expect the highest degree of intellectual honesty from university professors, the piece is neither fair nor honest.
(10/08/18 5:44pm)
On Oct 2, Lara Alqasem, 22, a former University of Florida graduate was detained at Ben Gurion Airport and ordered deported after Israeli security looked her up on Canary Mission, a right-wing blacklist site. Alqasem was going to study to get an MA at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and had received a visa valid for a year for that purpose. She remains in detention. Lara's detention and possible deportation raises major concerns about study abroad programs in Israel which might well deny entry to students of Palestinian origin or anyone who does not pass the right-wing litmus test. Unfortunately such tests are also being used to deny entry to people engaged in social justice work. Just recently, Professor Katherine Frank who arrived in Israel to lead a delegation of human rights activists, was detained and deported. In light of these concerns a number of faculty from the University of Florida and around the country have signed the statement below for the release of Lara Alqasem.
(10/05/18 3:44pm)
After being detained in Israel since Tuesday, UF alumna Lara Alqasem will be deported.
