State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues said two Florida chapters of the group, at the University of Florida and the University of South Florida, “must be deactivated.” Gov. Ron DeSantis directed the universities to remove the groups immediately.
The move comes more than two weeks after Hamas launched a brutal attack on Israel, and Israel declared war. The letter to the state’s 12 university presidents says it is a felony in Florida to “knowingly provide material support … to a designated foreign terrorist organization.” The United States declared Hamas a terrorist organization.
Rodrigues said the UF and USF student chapters can “form another organization that complies with Florida state statutes and university policies.
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