Gaza

Though their actions are more region-specific, FGCU for Palestine aims to make their efforts felt thousands of miles away.

While there were both pro- and anti-abortion protesters, many were also calling President Joe Biden a hypocrite for supporting abortion while women in Gaza die during the Israel-Hamas conflict.

A cousin of 21-year old Omer Shem Tov –- one of the estimated 134 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza — will share his story at a free community event Wednesday at Temple Emanu-El in Sarasota.

The organizers announced that although USF officials did not meet their demands, they are encouraging members to end the protest due to health concerns. The group also said it will continue its efforts.

An undisclosed number of the original hunger strikers at USF remain after some of them were hospitalized last week. New members also joined last week.

The trip came the same week Israeli leaders were angered by the US allowing the United Nations security council to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

To draw attention to the global strike for Palestinians in Gaza, multiple campus organizations came together to hold a walk-out and “die-in.”

Organized by the South Florida Coalition for Palestine, it is pushing for a ceasefire to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the war-torn Gaza Strip and to “stop the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.”

Barbara Pariente, the first Jewish woman on the Florida Supreme Court: In America, "freedom for the speech we hate"

More than a hundred people gathered in Tallahassee’s Cascades Park to show support for Palestine.

The 270 evacuees who landed in Tampa were part of a mission by Project Dynamo and Florida officials to rescue Americans from the war zone. Another seven people landed in Orlando.

Hundreds of Palestinian allies marched through downtown Orlando echoing cries for freedom and an end to war.