Christopher Madrid and Danette Heredia | PantherNOW Staff Yesterday, dozens of students gathered in front of GC Lawns to protest the Israel-Hamas War, which began on October 7 last year when Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 Israelis and taking hundreds more hostage. Exactly one year later, over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israel […]
Danette Heredia | Staff Writer Students for Justice in Palestine at FIU organized their final march of the semester to the front of the Presidential House but were met with police shortly after they arrived. In honor of Palestinian Prisoner Day, SJP marched along the outskirts of FIU’s campus to finish in front of the […]
Yishmael Columna | Vice-President of Students Supporting Israel (SSI) I never expected to say this about FIU. This university has been very supportive of our Jewish students. However, anti-Jewish hate and antisemitism keep running rampant throughout campus. What occurred during Hillel’s Shabbat was unbelievable. We’ve been called “genocide apologizers,” “conflict supporters,” or people with “blood […]
Conor Moore and Samuel Larreal | PantherNOW Staff Graham Center Lawns became embroiled in protest when a large crowd of students demanded a ceasefire on the Gaza Strip. In response, a Jewish student-led counterprotest denounced recent Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians. The 100 person protest remained peaceful with moderate FIU Police presence. The protest was […]
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 […]
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 […]
Madison Fantozzi/News Director The University’s public opposition of the American Studies Association’s call for an academic boycott of Israel generated much praise from administrators and student organizations alike, but Students for Justice in Palestine says administration does not speak on behalf of all students. “They claim to speak on behalf of the students, but they […]
