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Mohammed Imad, 6, is a Gazan boy who is in Jacksonville to receive treatment for a skull fracture sustained when his home was bombed. Nearly 50 people welcomed Mohammed and his mother at Jacksonville International Airport on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
December 4, 2024

Jacksonville volunteers welcome Gazan boy receiving medical treatment after bombing

In addition to Tuesday’s arrival in Jacksonville, the nonprofit HEAL Palestine has brought Gazan children to Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco,…

By Will Brown

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An unidentified University of Florida student wraps himself in an Israeli flag during a campus vigil Oct. 9, 2023, for victims of Hamas attacks. | Augustus Hoff, WUFT News
August 7, 2024

Florida searches for ‘anti-Israeli bias’ in university coursework

In an email to university presidents, Chancellor Ray Rodrigues outlined a process for flagging courses with “antisemitic material and/or anti-Israeli…

By Carter Mudgett

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Jacksonville police officers lead away some of the 16 people arrested Thursday, May 2, 2024, during a pro-Palestine protest at the University of North Florida. | News4Jax
May 3, 2024

UNF explains arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters

Sixteen pro-Palestine supporters were arrested late Thursday after ignoring school demands to leave before a 10 p.m. deadline.…

By Dan Scanlan

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A University of Florida police officer and a Florida Highway Patrol trooper walk a handcuffed protester away from the site on the university's campus, where law enforcement arrested nine pro-Palestinian protesters April 29, 2024. | Vivienne Serret, Fresh Take Florida
April 30, 2024

2 from Jax among protesters arrested at UF

Nine pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested late Monday after occupying a campus plaza for days.…

By Vivienne Serret - Fresh Take Florida

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Imam Bilal Malik leads an Eid al-Fitr prayer. An estimated 7,000 people gathered inside Dream Finders Homes Flex Field at Daily’s Place for an Eid al-Fitr celebration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 10, 2024

Muslims in Jacksonville celebrate end of Ramadan

More than 7,000 people gathered inside the Dream Finders Homes Flex Field at Daily’s Place for an Eid al-Fitr celebration.…

By Will Brown

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February 16, 2024

Two swastikas found on UNF bathroom stalls

The Chabad of Southside fosters peace after the first antisemetic display on campus since 2021.…

By Carter Mudgett

Israel-Hamas War

Israel-Hamas War