Carla Mendez | Staff Writer As state authorities undertake a targeted review of university curriculum across Florida, attention has been drawn to all courses statewide. This comes in the wake of a recent incident at FIU, where concerns were raised about an exam and textbook used in a Terrorism and Homeland Security class. Florida Representative […]
Menah-Alla Ahmed | Contributing Writer Over a dozen students attended a sit-in study session at MANGO Starbucks on Wednesday, Nov. 29 to show their solidarity with Palestine and boycott the company. The sit-in was organized by Students for Justice in Palestine at FIU — its activity has continued despite the ban on the organization in […]
PantherNow Editorial Board Last week, the Florida State University System issued a memo ordering the deactivation of two official chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine at Florida state universities. The reason for such timely censorship appears to be related to SJP allegedly identifying itself with Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a terrorist-led attack. PantherNOW finds such […]
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief Students for Justice in Palestine at FIU organized a walkout on Oct. 25 to take place on the Graham Center Lawns to demonstrate their support for Palestine, asking universities to “divest from Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people”. The day before, Chancellor Ray Rodrigues of the Florida State University System issued […]
Jon Warech | Executive Director, Hillel at FIU I am disappointed to see your editorial board condemn President Jessell’s statement regarding the terrorist attack in Israel. It is absolutely the responsibility of university presidents to speak out against heinous acts like these. There are not two sides to evil. The acts of Hamas affect both […]
Diego Diaz | Asst. News Director With the backdrop of FIU’s Holocaust & Genocide memorial week, FIU hosted a panel advertised as centering around antisemitism, racism, and building bridges between the Jewish and Black communities on Thursday, Jan 19. In actuality, the event would feature panelists arguing that the roots of modern antisemitism can be […]
Lara Coiro & Diego Diaz / Staff Writers On May 21 at around 2 a.m., a ceasefire concluded 11 days of brutal conflict between Israel and Hamas, an Islamic militant organization. The deal was arranged with the assistance of Egypt, after the international community witnessed the most violence between Israel and Gaza in years. In […]
Hayley Serpa/Staff Writer On the 2nd of June of this year, with much at stake and the eyes of the globe on them, eight radically different Israeli parties would form a coalition to oust long standing Likud Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu While many were overjoyed to see a bipartisan effort to remove the increasingly autocratic […]
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer To the surprise of very few, the Israel-Palestine conflict is flaring up and grabbing the headlines. Although recent developments are deeply saddening, I am encouraged to see so much discussion around them. In my opinion, basic knowledge of the longtime conflict is crucial among our generation, as it represents arguably the most […]
Uzi Darwiche/ Contributing Writer Gaza, Israel, Settlements, West Bank, Palestinians; when you hear any one of these words, what’s the first thing you think of? Most of us would probably begin thinking of war, riots and terrorism, right? But each of these titles are more than just words. They have meaning to amazing individuals on […]
Joshua Ceballos/Assistant News Director Gil Hoffman, the chief political correspondent and analyst for the Jerusalem Post visited FIU on Oct. 27, 2017 to speak to Shalom FIU, Hillel and the University community at large. In an interview with Panther Press, Hoffman said that he is currently on a tour of about 10 states, and […]
High up on the atrium of FIU’s Graham Center hangs a cornucopia of international flags, representing the diverse cultures of the student body. Thanks to the Students for Justice in Palestine council, GC introduced a new addition to the atrium, the Palestinian flag. Jasmine Hatab, a junior majoring in biomedical engineering, has wanted to see […]
