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Harris described the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas as “an act of pure evil" and she planted a tree at the vice president's residence to honor the victims. Trump will speak before Jewish community leaders at one of his Florida resorts in the Miami suburb of Doral.

“We can best support the free exchange of ideas by maintaining civility and treating each other with respect,” Law said in an email to the USF community.

Two University of Florida students arrested earlier this year during pro-Palestinian protests on campus have accepted plea deals to misdemeanor criminal charges and will pay a small fine with no jail time.

Saying it opposes “any form of academic censorship,” the United Faculty of Florida on Monday objected to a directive issued this month by university system Chancellor Ray Rodrigues about reviewing textbooks and other materials for “antisemitic material” or “anti-Israeli” bias.

In a letter to students, faculty and staff, USF President Rhea Law said the university "wlll not allow violent, disruptive or aggressive acts" on campus.

USF is among the universities instituting new rules, including banning encampments andlimiting the duration of demonstrations.

The reviews will be conducted after the fall semester begins.

USF is penalizing two students for their actions connected to pro-Palestinian rallies in April. The students say their punishments are disproportionate.

The man turned out to be a totally stridently pro-Israel, Messianic Jewish hip hop rapper from Florida’s East Coast. His group’s social media accounts include anti-Muslim memes and comments, according to an investigation by Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications.

A Jewish community group thanks school leadership for addressing "antisemitic" activity on campus while pro-Palestinian protesting groups say the administration is failing to support its Palestinian students.

The University of Florida has the largest endowment of any university in the state and like elsewhere in the county, protesters are demanding divesture from companies doing business with Israel. While learning its investments is impossible, seeing its underwhelming investment returns isn’t.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says almost $570 million in the budget this year will go toward school safety measures in public and private K-12 schools.