Israel

Pro-Palestinian rights groups called for cease fire in front of Real-Time Laboratories in Boca Raton, a U.S. subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons manufacturer.

The bill provides $45 million in grants to secure Jewish schools and institutions and other places that could be vulnerable to hate crimes. The Senate will take up the measure on Wednesday.

In an extraordinary scene that included dozens of lawmakers turning their backs on the proposal's sponsor, the Florida House on Tuesday rejected a resolution that called for an "immediate de-escalation and cease-fire" in the war between Israel and Hamas.

The Florida Legislature has returned to the Capitol for a special session where lawmakers will express their support for Israel and give Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis more talking points as he campaigns for president.

This reporting represents the most detailed reconstruction to date examining events that night and the law enforcement response on the campus of Florida’s flagship public university.

A bipartisan majority (59%) of those polled by USF believe that elected officials are not doing enough to protect classified information.

Three weeks ago, USF Jewish students gathered to mourn the lives lost during the Hamas attacks and send prayers to soldiers of IDF. At least two of those soldiers are or were USF students.

Two Rabbis, a father and son, were part of a group of 30 rabbis from the United States, Australia and Canada. They spent their week in Israel comforting the families of victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas raid. They spoke with military units, prayed over the remains of those killed, and visited other sites around the country.

DeSantis's office says the state has arranged to send drones, weapons and ammunition to Israel as it prepares for an incursion of Gaza.

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

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss the U.S. Humanitarian Parole Program with Luis Miranda, principal deputy assistant secretary for communications at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Plus, we look at Florida’s chartered flights from Israel with the Miami Herald’s Ana Ceballos. And later, an update on how school districts are navigating book reviews.