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===Student occupation=== On 22 January 2009, student demonstrators occupied part of the Clarendon Building for seven hours,<ref name=bbc>{{cite news| title=Gaza sit-in demonstration ended |date=22 January 2009 | work=[[BBC News]] | publisher=[[BBC]] | location=UK | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7844890.stm | access-date=22 January 2009}}</ref> following similar protests at other UK universities.<ref>{{cite news |first=Anthea |last=Lipsett |title=Protests over Gaza spread to eight English universities |date=22 January 2009 |work=[[guardian.co.uk]] |url= https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/jan/22/studentpolitics-londonschoolofeconomics |access-date=22 January 2009}}</ref> The demonstrators called for the University to condemn Israel's role in the [[2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict]] and to cancel a lecture series at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]] inaugurated by [[Shimon Peres]].<ref name=bbc/> The protestors ended their protest after an agreement with the [[Proctor#Oxford University|Senior Proctor]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Statement by the Senior Proctor concerning the occupation of the Clarendon Building |date=28 January 2009 | url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/proctors/statement280109.shtml | access-date=29 January 2008 | work=University Administration and Services |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090725084001/http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/proctors/statement280109.shtml |archive-date=July 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hood |first=John |author-link=John Hood (university administrator) |title=Letter from the Vice-Chancellor |date=28 January 2009 |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/vicechancellors_office/letter280109.html |access-date=29 January 2008 |work=Vice-Chancellor's Office |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090705024643/http://www.ox.ac.uk/vicechancellors_office/letter280109.html |archive-date=July 5, 2009 }}</ref>
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