DeSantis hit with lawsuit over deactivation of University of Florida pro-palestinian group

A pro-Palestinian student group at the University of Florida is suing the school and Republican Governor Ron DeSantis after attempts were made to deactivate the organization.

In October, Raymond Rorigues, the chancellor of Florida's university system, issued a "deactivation order" aimed at the University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (UF SJP).

Rodrigues admitted that the order was created "in consultation with DeSantis," which instructed University of Florida faculty to strip UF SJP of its official recognition.

The measure was decided on after the SJP national body voiced their support for the Palestinian "resistance" and claimed the Hamas terrorist attacks were the result of Israel's "apartheid, ethnic cleansing, indiscriminate bombing" and other "provocations."