The Barrier
On October 1, 2003 a major campaign protesting the planned route of Israel’s barrier was inaugurated by University officials, which was to have cut directly through the university campus. Meetings were held on campus by students and staff held lectures and the case was presented directly to Washington officials by the university president Sari Nusseibeh. The route of the wall was to have cut across 65 dunams of university land, one-third of the campus grounds. Two fields would have been destroyed along with the garden and parking lot, further the university’s main entrance would have been closed. Eventually, Israel changed the route of the barrier after pressure from the United States administration and meetings with the university’s lawyers.
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