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UF community responds to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
UF students have a history of being vocal about the conflict May 24, 2021 | 6:30am EDT
On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, more than 200 UF students and Gainesville residents gathered on the corner of West University Avenue and Northwest 13th Street to show solidarity with Palestinians during the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Solidarity with Palestine protest was organized by UF Students for Justice in Palestine. Protestors chanted Free, Free, Palestine, listened to poetry and speeches, sang liberation songs and hoisted signs like occupation is a crime and defund Israeli apartheid. After about an hour, a small group of counter-protestors gathered across the street. One of their signs read Israel is not the oppressor. The pro-Palestine protest continued even after the sun went down and lasted for over two hours.