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Listen: On Sunday, hundreds gathered near Tampa to show support to the people of Palestine. However, Governor DeSantis took to social media to call the demonstrations abhorrent. The demonstration came after Hamas fighters attacked Israel...
The Scoop: Mon., October 9, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Young Floridians lost Medicaid Half of Floridians losing Medicaid coverage are 20 years or younger. Democratic state legislators are calling for more to be done to prevent loss of coverage. Radioactive road materials Republican...
Palestine Writes Literature Festival and Attempts to Shut it Down
Ahmed and Samar spoke with Susan Darraj and Laura Albast about the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, the largest Palestinian Literature Festival gathering in North America. Sadly, some Zionist organizations tried to shut the festival down....
Nour Odeh discusses Why and How Israel Invaded Jenin Palestine
Palestinian journalist Nour Odeh @nour_odeh discusses how Israel carried out a military invasion of Jenin destroying up to 80% of the homes there. Odeh also explains how Israel enforces apartheid policies on Palestinians.
Ron DeSantis is reportedly going to Israel, South Korea and Japan
The Japan News reported that Ron DeSantis will visit Tokyo this month as part of a state delegation to promote business with Japan.
Supporters of Palestinian human rights will rally Saturday in Temple Terrace
This is WMNF News, and I am Blannie Whelan and I’m here with Laura Abu Ghannam, civil and human rights activist and Central Florida coordinator of CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations). Welcome Laura and...
Ag Commissioner Nikki Fried defends Florida cabinet meeting in Israel
Both of Florida’s U.S. Senators are Republicans; the governor and two of the three other members of the state cabinet are Republicans; on MidPoint we heard from the only Democrat elected statewide in Florida: Department...
Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet had a busy day Wednesday in Israel: a state cabinet meeting, signing a bill on anti-Semitism and a visit to an industrial park in the Israeli-occupied West Bank....
Cabinet meeting in Israel “could be a violation” of Florida’s Sunshine Laws
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is leading a huge delegation to Israel beginning Saturday that includes a state Cabinet meeting inside the controversial new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. But is that meeting a violation of Florida’s...
PDA will screen The Occupation of the American Mind in Tampa
The largest pro-Israel lobbying group held its annual conference this week. Several Democratic candidates for president promised to skip the meeting of AIPAC, or the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, because of its support for...
Israeli Supreme Court rules in favor of Floridian Lara Alqasem
A graduate student from Florida won her appeal in Israel’s Supreme Court Thursday; that means Lara Alqasem is no longer forbidden from entering Israel and can enroll in Hebrew University. Alqasem had been detained at...
Update: Lara Alqasem is appealing her Israeli deportation order
Update: Israel has ordered Florida resident Lara Alqasem to be deported, but on Friday her mother told WMNF that she is appealing that deportation and is still being detained at Ben Gurion airport. She expects...
