Florida bans some Students for Justice in Palestine chapters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "We hope that the University of Florida will extend their sympathies to everyone along with condemning all violence, antisemitism, Islamophobia, Palestinian erasure, and anti-Palestinian sentiment," members wrote in a statement on Oct. 16.
55% : University of Florida president Ben Sasse sent an email addressed to the university's Jewish alumni condemning Hamas's initial attack on Israel and warning that the university "will absolutely be ready to act" in the event that anti-Israel protests on campus turn violent.
48% : To bend the law in this manner shows the utmost disrespect not only to any pro-Palestinian organization, but also to anyone who truly cares for political freedom and freedom of speech," group members wrote in a statement, arguing that the shutdown would set a precedent for DeSantis to shutter any student group with which he disagrees.
42% : If it goes unchallenged, no one's political beliefs will be safe from government suppression.

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