Karyne Martins Araujo | Contributing Writer Students for Justice in Palestine at FIU organized a new protest to voice their opposition to the invitation extended to two Israeli soldiers from Hillel at FIU to celebrate Shabbat and share their experiences on the Oct. 7 attacks. During the protest at the Graham Center on Friday, Mar. […]
Danette Heredia | Contributing Writer Students for Justice in Palestine at FIU organized a die-in protest for recent events in Rafah and were met with counter-protesters and FIU police interference. On Feb. 15, SJP at FIU organized a die-in protest called “All Eyes on Rafah” after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his troops would […]
Danette Heredia and Elise Gregg | PantherNOW Staff Following the failure of “Ceasefire Now!” to pass in student senate, members of Students for Justice in Palestine at FIU organized a protest which ended in the arrest of a protestor. On Feb. 8, students from SJP-FIU, and Young Democratic Socialists of America FIU, Muslim Students Association […]
Elise Catrion Gregg | Editor-in-Chief After dying in committee, the controversial “Ceasefire Now!” resolution has been plagued by delay and disagreement this past week. The most recent version of the bill calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and asks that the university publish a statement condemning human rights violations, call Israel’s actions in Gaza a […]
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief Students from Students for Justice in Palestine at FIU were removed from Graham Center last night for chanting too loudly and disrupting a screening of footage from Oct. 7. The screening, held at the Modesto Maidique Campus in the Graham Center, was hosted by Hillel at FIU and the Consulate General […]
Samuel Larreal | Staff Writer With their last meeting of the year wrapped up, the Board of Trustees still has loose ends with some of this semester’s most controversial issues. During the Dec. 7 meeting, trustees discussed on-campus student housing, freedom of speech, the ongoing response to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and a recently confirmed partnership […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board Over the last several weeks, Student Government Association has found itself caught in a dizzying back-and-forth with a variety of student groups over Ceasefire Now! Chances are, many students haven’t read the resolution, much less heard of it. The resolution, developed mainly by members of Young Democratic Socialists of America at FIU […]
Elise Gregg and Samuel Larreal | PantherNOW Staff Dozens of students packed the senate chambers on Monday, pressuring senators to pass a resolution that will likely remain stuck until next semester. The “Ceasefire Now!” resolution would support a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza strip and urge FIU to stand in solidarity with Palestinian students, as […]
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 […]
