Some of the 1,117 Palestinian students who
graduated from different colleges at Hebron University in the West Bank.
The late mayor of Hebron, Sheikh Mohammad Ali Al-Ja’bari, wished
to establish an institution of higher learning to offset restrictions and
obstacles created by the occupation by Israel. In 1971 the foundation was laid
and forty-three students joined the 'Sharia' college from different parts of
the Palestinian Territories. In 1983, the campus was attacked by Israeli
settlers resulting in the deaths of 3 students and 50 students were injured.
After the attack the University was closed by the Israeli Civil Administration
for a period of time.
Eventually,
the college became a university and now has an undergraduate enrolment of more
than ten thousand students.
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