30 june 2014
Mohammed and Hesham Oda
Two Palestinians were killed Sunday due to the ongoing shelling and attacks on the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. Action Group for Palestinians in Syria said that Mohammed and Hesham Oda were killed after being missing for a long time.
Markets of Yarmouk refugee camp are running out of most types of food due to the ongoing blockade, the group added.
At least 2200 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing Syria conflict, and around 250,000 Palestinian refugees have been forced to leave their homes in Syria due to violence in the country.
Prior to the conflict, 600,000 Palestinian refugees lived in Syria.
Two Palestinians killed in Syria, others held in inhuman conditions in Egypt
Two Palestinian refugees have been killed on Sunday in Syria, while Egyptian authorities continued to detain Palestinian refugees who fled the ongoing war in Syria amid very poor inhumane detention conditions, the action group for Palestinian refugees in Syria said.
In Egypt, Palestinian refugees, held in police station in Alexandria under the pretext of trying to illegally immigrate, appealed for their release after being arrested by Egyptian police three days ago near the shore.
The detained refugees, including 8 women, 15 children, and a number of men, were transferred to a military base before being forcibly transferred to a police station in Alexandria where they suffer poor detention conditions due to the overcrowding, high temperatures, and poor ventilation.
The refugees called for their immediate release saying that they came to Egypt seeking for security and not for detention.
They said that UNHCR aid has only offered them food supplies, while they are still waiting for the visit of Palestinian Embassy’s representative.
Egyptian authorities have detained a number of Palestinian and Syrian refugees for allegedly trying to immigrate illegally to Europe via Egyptian shores.
Meanwhile, Tunisian authorities have cut off food supplies provided to Palestinian refugees who currently live in Hamamat after being detained in Carthage International Airport several weeks ago.
Tunisian authorities have allowed their access to Tunisian territories after appeals and warning made by human rights organizations against the potential risks of their deportation.
Zahrat al-Madayen institution has declared its intention to provide them with food supplies during the holy month of Ramadan, while Palestine’s Embassy did not show any attention to their issue.
Along the same line, Lebanese authorities continued to prevent Palestinian refugees fleeing from Syria from having access to Lebanon despite their legal visas restricting their travel to European countries where most of the European embassies shut down their headquarters in Damascus.
Lebanese authorities have imposed a number of restrictions on the entry of Palestinian refugees fleeing from Syria and refused to extend their residencies in Lebanon.
Two Palestinians were killed Sunday due to the ongoing shelling and attacks on the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. Action Group for Palestinians in Syria said that Mohammed and Hesham Oda were killed after being missing for a long time.
Markets of Yarmouk refugee camp are running out of most types of food due to the ongoing blockade, the group added.
At least 2200 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing Syria conflict, and around 250,000 Palestinian refugees have been forced to leave their homes in Syria due to violence in the country.
Prior to the conflict, 600,000 Palestinian refugees lived in Syria.
Two Palestinians killed in Syria, others held in inhuman conditions in Egypt
Two Palestinian refugees have been killed on Sunday in Syria, while Egyptian authorities continued to detain Palestinian refugees who fled the ongoing war in Syria amid very poor inhumane detention conditions, the action group for Palestinian refugees in Syria said.
In Egypt, Palestinian refugees, held in police station in Alexandria under the pretext of trying to illegally immigrate, appealed for their release after being arrested by Egyptian police three days ago near the shore.
The detained refugees, including 8 women, 15 children, and a number of men, were transferred to a military base before being forcibly transferred to a police station in Alexandria where they suffer poor detention conditions due to the overcrowding, high temperatures, and poor ventilation.
The refugees called for their immediate release saying that they came to Egypt seeking for security and not for detention.
They said that UNHCR aid has only offered them food supplies, while they are still waiting for the visit of Palestinian Embassy’s representative.
Egyptian authorities have detained a number of Palestinian and Syrian refugees for allegedly trying to immigrate illegally to Europe via Egyptian shores.
Meanwhile, Tunisian authorities have cut off food supplies provided to Palestinian refugees who currently live in Hamamat after being detained in Carthage International Airport several weeks ago.
Tunisian authorities have allowed their access to Tunisian territories after appeals and warning made by human rights organizations against the potential risks of their deportation.
Zahrat al-Madayen institution has declared its intention to provide them with food supplies during the holy month of Ramadan, while Palestine’s Embassy did not show any attention to their issue.
Along the same line, Lebanese authorities continued to prevent Palestinian refugees fleeing from Syria from having access to Lebanon despite their legal visas restricting their travel to European countries where most of the European embassies shut down their headquarters in Damascus.
Lebanese authorities have imposed a number of restrictions on the entry of Palestinian refugees fleeing from Syria and refused to extend their residencies in Lebanon.
29 june 2014
Three Palestinian families have been living in the open on the border between Iraq and Jordan for the last seven days after fleeing a refugee camp near Syria, a member of the group told Ma'an.
Speaking to Ma'an via telephone Saturday afternoon, Salih Ahmad appealed to Palestinian authorities to help his and two other families who have been stuck on the border since fleeing the al-Walid refugee camp due to nearby fighting.
Ahmad said that the three families had spent eight years living in al-Walid refugee camp, which was set up in 2006 by Palestinian and Iraqi families who were stranded at the Iraqi-Syrian border due to the intense civil conflict in Iraq that began following the US invasion.
Ahmad said, however, that the three families left the camp for the Iraqi-Jordanian border fearing Iraqi army shells, which landed at the edge of the camp as the Iraqi military launched a new offensive aimed at combating the spread of ISIL, a Wahhabi militant group which recently invaded the country from Syria.
Ahmad added that the families do not have any official documents that could enable them to return to Iraq, a fact which also limits the possibility of their repatriation to Jordan.
About 34,000 Palestinians lived in Iraq before the US invasion, the descendants of Palestinians who were given Iraqi army protection as they fled during the 1948 Nakba when Israel was created and 750,000 Palestinians were expelled or forced from their homes.
As Iraq fell into civil war following the US invasion, however, many of the Palestinians in Iraq were forced to flee their homes, but lacking proper documents beside Iraqi residency cards they were unable to gain admittance to other countries and many ended up in desert refugee camps near the border.
The Minority Rights Group says Palestinians face discrimination in Iraq due to perceptions they were privileged under Saddam Hussein's rule.
Under Hussein, they received subsidized or rent-free housing, free utilities and were exempt from military service.
"Old resentments based on perceived favorable treatment by the Baath regime continue to stoke current prejudice," MRG said in a 2011 report.
"Since 2003, Iraqi officials from the Ministry of Interior have arbitrarily arrested, beaten, tortured and, in a few cases, forcibly 'disappeared' Palestinian refugees," it added.
Speaking to Ma'an via telephone Saturday afternoon, Salih Ahmad appealed to Palestinian authorities to help his and two other families who have been stuck on the border since fleeing the al-Walid refugee camp due to nearby fighting.
Ahmad said that the three families had spent eight years living in al-Walid refugee camp, which was set up in 2006 by Palestinian and Iraqi families who were stranded at the Iraqi-Syrian border due to the intense civil conflict in Iraq that began following the US invasion.
Ahmad said, however, that the three families left the camp for the Iraqi-Jordanian border fearing Iraqi army shells, which landed at the edge of the camp as the Iraqi military launched a new offensive aimed at combating the spread of ISIL, a Wahhabi militant group which recently invaded the country from Syria.
Ahmad added that the families do not have any official documents that could enable them to return to Iraq, a fact which also limits the possibility of their repatriation to Jordan.
About 34,000 Palestinians lived in Iraq before the US invasion, the descendants of Palestinians who were given Iraqi army protection as they fled during the 1948 Nakba when Israel was created and 750,000 Palestinians were expelled or forced from their homes.
As Iraq fell into civil war following the US invasion, however, many of the Palestinians in Iraq were forced to flee their homes, but lacking proper documents beside Iraqi residency cards they were unable to gain admittance to other countries and many ended up in desert refugee camps near the border.
The Minority Rights Group says Palestinians face discrimination in Iraq due to perceptions they were privileged under Saddam Hussein's rule.
Under Hussein, they received subsidized or rent-free housing, free utilities and were exempt from military service.
"Old resentments based on perceived favorable treatment by the Baath regime continue to stoke current prejudice," MRG said in a 2011 report.
"Since 2003, Iraqi officials from the Ministry of Interior have arbitrarily arrested, beaten, tortured and, in a few cases, forcibly 'disappeared' Palestinian refugees," it added.
26 june 2014
Al-Yarmouk refugee camp is still under siege despite reaching a truce agreement four days ago, while a state of satisfaction has prevailed among Palestinian refugees after allowing their return to their homes in the camp.
Few days ago, a truce agreement has been reached between head of Palestine branch affiliated to Syrian regime and representatives of humanitarian institutions and armed groups in the camp.
On the other hand, Khan Al-Sheikh refugee camp continued to suffer from deteriorating living and health conditions due to the frequent interruptions in the roads linking between the city and its camp.
The camp and its surrounding areas are still exposed to heavy and daily bombing.
Khan Danoun suffers from acute shortage of food supplies in addition to water and power crisis, zhile it is still receiving hundreds of families who were displaced from other refugee camps due to the continued shelling.
Aideen refugee camp also suffers from frequent power and communication cuts and communication amid very difficult humanitarian situation.
Few days ago, a truce agreement has been reached between head of Palestine branch affiliated to Syrian regime and representatives of humanitarian institutions and armed groups in the camp.
On the other hand, Khan Al-Sheikh refugee camp continued to suffer from deteriorating living and health conditions due to the frequent interruptions in the roads linking between the city and its camp.
The camp and its surrounding areas are still exposed to heavy and daily bombing.
Khan Danoun suffers from acute shortage of food supplies in addition to water and power crisis, zhile it is still receiving hundreds of families who were displaced from other refugee camps due to the continued shelling.
Aideen refugee camp also suffers from frequent power and communication cuts and communication amid very difficult humanitarian situation.
Director of UNRWA operations in the Gaza Strip Robert Turner has denied being informed of any Israeli military operation against Gaza, saying that Israel has never informed UNRWA of such intentions.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Turner warned of the deteriorating living conditions in the besieged strip in reference to the high rates of unemployment and poverty, and the continued closure of border crossings and siege, in addition to the non-payment of salaries.
He pointed out that 37 projects provided by UNRWA estimated at 95 million dollars including schools and clinics are still waiting for the Israeli approval, saying that only the Saudi Project No. 3 was approved by Israeli authorities since March 2013.
The Saudi project includes the establishment of 865 housing units in Rafah for those whose houses were destroyed earlier, he added.
Turner renewed his demand for lifting the unfair siege on Gaza, considering it a part of Israeli collective punishment against Palestinian people. He also called on Egyptian authorities to re-open Rafah crossing for humanitarian reasons due to the deteriorating living conditions in the besieged strip.
He added that UNRWA budget deficit currently stands at $69 million, while Gaza emergency program suffers $ 22 million deficit.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Turner warned of the deteriorating living conditions in the besieged strip in reference to the high rates of unemployment and poverty, and the continued closure of border crossings and siege, in addition to the non-payment of salaries.
He pointed out that 37 projects provided by UNRWA estimated at 95 million dollars including schools and clinics are still waiting for the Israeli approval, saying that only the Saudi Project No. 3 was approved by Israeli authorities since March 2013.
The Saudi project includes the establishment of 865 housing units in Rafah for those whose houses were destroyed earlier, he added.
Turner renewed his demand for lifting the unfair siege on Gaza, considering it a part of Israeli collective punishment against Palestinian people. He also called on Egyptian authorities to re-open Rafah crossing for humanitarian reasons due to the deteriorating living conditions in the besieged strip.
He added that UNRWA budget deficit currently stands at $69 million, while Gaza emergency program suffers $ 22 million deficit.
25 june 2014
A Syrian boy hit by sniper fire is treated at a hospital in Aleppo
Mahmoud Abbas said in a letter to Bashar al-Assad that his election as Syrian president will help to end the country's three-year war, Damascus said on Wednesday.
"Your election to the presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic guarantees Syria's unity and sovereignty, and starts of a countdown to the end of Syria's crisis and its war against terrorism," Abbas wrote, according to the Syrian presidency's Facebook page.
The letter was the strongest expression of support yet to Assad from the Palestinian president and from his PLO since the outbreak of an uprising against the Syrian regime in March 2011.
Since then, more than 162,000 people have been killed in a savage war that began as a peaceful protest movement, but which became militarized after the Assad regime unleashed a brutal campaign to crush dissent.
Assad was kept in power for a new seven-year term by a controversial June 3 election that was held only in regime-controlled areas of Syria.
In the letter dated June 18, Abbas said the election will help to "end the crisis, and (create) political dialogue between all sides of the Syrian people, and will allow the country to recuperate its privileged position."
Abbas also expressed hopes for "progress and stability" in Syria, while wishing Assad "success".
The opposition and Western countries slammed the vote as a "farce" and as a "parody of democracy", as no opponents to the Assad regime could actually run.
The main Palestinian camp in Syria, Yarmouk, has been reduced to rubble since it was struck by all-out violence in 2013.
The camp has also been under a suffocating siege since last year, and the UN refugee agency for Palestinians is frequently blocked from accessing the area despite the dire humanitarian situation.
Rights groups say more than 100 people have died in Yarmouk since 2013 because of food and medical shortages.
Mahmoud Abbas said in a letter to Bashar al-Assad that his election as Syrian president will help to end the country's three-year war, Damascus said on Wednesday.
"Your election to the presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic guarantees Syria's unity and sovereignty, and starts of a countdown to the end of Syria's crisis and its war against terrorism," Abbas wrote, according to the Syrian presidency's Facebook page.
The letter was the strongest expression of support yet to Assad from the Palestinian president and from his PLO since the outbreak of an uprising against the Syrian regime in March 2011.
Since then, more than 162,000 people have been killed in a savage war that began as a peaceful protest movement, but which became militarized after the Assad regime unleashed a brutal campaign to crush dissent.
Assad was kept in power for a new seven-year term by a controversial June 3 election that was held only in regime-controlled areas of Syria.
In the letter dated June 18, Abbas said the election will help to "end the crisis, and (create) political dialogue between all sides of the Syrian people, and will allow the country to recuperate its privileged position."
Abbas also expressed hopes for "progress and stability" in Syria, while wishing Assad "success".
The opposition and Western countries slammed the vote as a "farce" and as a "parody of democracy", as no opponents to the Assad regime could actually run.
The main Palestinian camp in Syria, Yarmouk, has been reduced to rubble since it was struck by all-out violence in 2013.
The camp has also been under a suffocating siege since last year, and the UN refugee agency for Palestinians is frequently blocked from accessing the area despite the dire humanitarian situation.
Rights groups say more than 100 people have died in Yarmouk since 2013 because of food and medical shortages.
The Working Group for Palestinians in Syria said that Palestinian refugee Ibrahem al-Haj from Nairab camp died on Tuesday of torture in Syrian prisons in Damascus. Meanwhile, explosive barrels fell on Palestinian Deraa refugee camp in the southern Syria, causing injuries and destruction of a number of civilian houses, the group mentioned.
The imposed siege on the Yarmouk refugee camp continued despite the new signed agreement that aimed to keep the camp out of the ongoing conflict.
The Syrian authorities, representatives of relief agencies and military battalions inside the camp had signed an agreement to neutralize the camp and lift the siege.
The sound of explosions were heard loudly in the Nairab camp in Alppo as the Syrian army attacked several sites there.
At least 2200 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing Syria conflict, and around 250,000 Palestinian refugees have been forced to leave their homes in Syria due to violence in the country.
Prior to the conflict, 600,000 Palestinian refugees lived in Syria.
The imposed siege on the Yarmouk refugee camp continued despite the new signed agreement that aimed to keep the camp out of the ongoing conflict.
The Syrian authorities, representatives of relief agencies and military battalions inside the camp had signed an agreement to neutralize the camp and lift the siege.
The sound of explosions were heard loudly in the Nairab camp in Alppo as the Syrian army attacked several sites there.
At least 2200 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing Syria conflict, and around 250,000 Palestinian refugees have been forced to leave their homes in Syria due to violence in the country.
Prior to the conflict, 600,000 Palestinian refugees lived in Syria.
24 june 2014
A man walks between bullet riddled buildings at the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus on June 23, 2014
Convinced they would be able return to Yarmuk in southern Damascus after a truce and ceasefire, Palestinians went to the embattled camp's entrance Monday but their wait was in vain. "I heard about the deal so I bought food because I thought I could go home, but (the regime forces) did not let me go because armed men still haven't left," said a 30-year-old woman clutching a bowl of eggs.
Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been laying siege to Yarmuk since last year.
Yarmuk is now devastated, and only around 40,000 people remain of the 150,000 Palestinian and Syrian people who lived at the camp before the conflict erupted in March 2011.
On Saturday evening, an agreement was struck under which rebel fighters were to vacate the camp, according to Anwar Abdel Hadi, political director of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Syria.
"The armed men will pull out of the camp, checkpoints will be dismantled and rubble removed. Repairs will be made before people are to return," said Abdel Hadi.
But even though the guns had fallen silent on Monday, it was clear that the agreement had never taken effect a day after it was supposed to.
As children played on the grass in the middle of a square outside the camp, parents waited patiently.
"I've been waiting at the entrance of the camp for two days, and I'll come back every day until I can go home," said Umm Shaabi, a 40-year-old woman.
Nearby an elderly man, his face tired and clothes torn, moped around.
"I came to see my house, my car, my property. It's a year that I have been waiting, and I hope the agreement will succeed. I have rented a house in Damascus but I have no money to pay for it, and I cannot work."
- 'Similar agreements foiled' -
Jumaa al-Abdullah of the pro-regime Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) blamed Hamas for the delay in implementing the agreement.
"I'm not optimistic. This brigade has not signed the agreement and in the past it has foiled a similar agreement," he explained.
But a Palestinian militant at the camp, Rami al-Sayed, expressed confidence that the agreement would hold.
It had been signed by General Dahi Yassin, the head of security for Palestinian affairs, the UN agency in charge of Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and Fawzi Hamid, head of the camp's civil council, as well as the commanders of the rebel factions in Yarmuk.
According to Sayed, a joint Palestinian force and the inhabitants of the camp, "Palestinian or Syrian, will be in charge of security in and around the camp. It will have arms."
In March, a truce that came into force two weeks earlier was broken, halting UNRWA's efforts to distribute humanitarian aid when nearly 200 people died, including 128 from starvation.
The Syrian army tightened its siege of Yarmuk in July 2013, preventing the entry of food and medicine for thousands of needy civilians.
In a statement on Monday, UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness said his organisation had received "credible information" about an agreement between the Syrian authorities and armed opposition groups in Yarmuk.
"We would welcome any durable and binding agreement that achieves a cessation of hostilities, full humanitarian access and an end to the suffering of civilians in Yarmuk and all of Syria," said Gunness.
Convinced they would be able return to Yarmuk in southern Damascus after a truce and ceasefire, Palestinians went to the embattled camp's entrance Monday but their wait was in vain. "I heard about the deal so I bought food because I thought I could go home, but (the regime forces) did not let me go because armed men still haven't left," said a 30-year-old woman clutching a bowl of eggs.
Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been laying siege to Yarmuk since last year.
Yarmuk is now devastated, and only around 40,000 people remain of the 150,000 Palestinian and Syrian people who lived at the camp before the conflict erupted in March 2011.
On Saturday evening, an agreement was struck under which rebel fighters were to vacate the camp, according to Anwar Abdel Hadi, political director of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Syria.
"The armed men will pull out of the camp, checkpoints will be dismantled and rubble removed. Repairs will be made before people are to return," said Abdel Hadi.
But even though the guns had fallen silent on Monday, it was clear that the agreement had never taken effect a day after it was supposed to.
As children played on the grass in the middle of a square outside the camp, parents waited patiently.
"I've been waiting at the entrance of the camp for two days, and I'll come back every day until I can go home," said Umm Shaabi, a 40-year-old woman.
Nearby an elderly man, his face tired and clothes torn, moped around.
"I came to see my house, my car, my property. It's a year that I have been waiting, and I hope the agreement will succeed. I have rented a house in Damascus but I have no money to pay for it, and I cannot work."
- 'Similar agreements foiled' -
Jumaa al-Abdullah of the pro-regime Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) blamed Hamas for the delay in implementing the agreement.
"I'm not optimistic. This brigade has not signed the agreement and in the past it has foiled a similar agreement," he explained.
But a Palestinian militant at the camp, Rami al-Sayed, expressed confidence that the agreement would hold.
It had been signed by General Dahi Yassin, the head of security for Palestinian affairs, the UN agency in charge of Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and Fawzi Hamid, head of the camp's civil council, as well as the commanders of the rebel factions in Yarmuk.
According to Sayed, a joint Palestinian force and the inhabitants of the camp, "Palestinian or Syrian, will be in charge of security in and around the camp. It will have arms."
In March, a truce that came into force two weeks earlier was broken, halting UNRWA's efforts to distribute humanitarian aid when nearly 200 people died, including 128 from starvation.
The Syrian army tightened its siege of Yarmuk in July 2013, preventing the entry of food and medicine for thousands of needy civilians.
In a statement on Monday, UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness said his organisation had received "credible information" about an agreement between the Syrian authorities and armed opposition groups in Yarmuk.
"We would welcome any durable and binding agreement that achieves a cessation of hostilities, full humanitarian access and an end to the suffering of civilians in Yarmuk and all of Syria," said Gunness.
23 june 2014
Various fighting factions and the Syrian government reached a cease-fire agreement in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, activists and state media said Sunday. If it holds, the agreement in the Yarmouk, the largest of nine Palestinian camps in Syria, could help ease the suffering of some 18,000 civilians who have been trapped there since the government imposed a blockade in mid-2013. Previous agreements to end the fighting in Yarmouk have all collapsed.
The official SANA news agency the latest deal was sponsored by the Syrian government and the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the cease-fire.
Under the agreement, heavy weapons are to be removed from the camp, barriers are to be taken down and an internal force is to be created to ensure security. The main entrances to the camp are to be opened, and infrastructure is to be restored.
The Observatory said rebel groups in the camp, as well as pro- and anti-Assad Palestinian factions are all party to the deal.
Source: AP
The official SANA news agency the latest deal was sponsored by the Syrian government and the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the cease-fire.
Under the agreement, heavy weapons are to be removed from the camp, barriers are to be taken down and an internal force is to be created to ensure security. The main entrances to the camp are to be opened, and infrastructure is to be restored.
The Observatory said rebel groups in the camp, as well as pro- and anti-Assad Palestinian factions are all party to the deal.
Source: AP
21 june 2014
Residents walk as they receive aid at the Palestinian refugee camp in Yarmouk, south of Damascus, Syria, May 20, 2014
Three Palestinians Friday died of torture and one killed in clashes in the Damascus’s suburban town of Meliha. Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said in a facebook statement that Muhammad al-Sheikh-Taha from the Handarat camp and Ramzi Awimmer from the Deraa camp were killed under torture in Syrian jails, while Hussein Amairi from the al-Yarmouk camp was killed in clashes in the Damascus countryside town of Maliha.
In a related context, the Lebanese security forces allowed six Palestinian women coming from Syria into Lebanon to meet their sons who previously fled to Lebanon after a 24-hour of wait on the borders.
Earlier this month, a committee chaired by Lebanon Prime Minister Tammam Salam made several decisions that tightened the entry to Palestinian-Syrians seeking refuge in Lebanon.
On June 16, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) launched a Ramadan appeal for US$ 27 million to enable Palestine refugees trapped in Syria to be able to buy food in Ramadan.
When the Syria crisis flared, there were some 500,000 Palestinians registered as refugees in Syria. Over the last two years, an additional 40,000 Palestine refugees have registered with UNRWA seeking assistance.
A further 80,000 have fled Syria, mainly to Lebanon, but it has become increasingly difficult for Palestinians to enter any of the neighbouring countries. Of the approximately 460,000 who remain, almost all have been badly affected by the crisis, requiring continuous humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. At least half have fled their homes, sometimes more than once, according to UN stats.
Three Palestinians Friday died of torture and one killed in clashes in the Damascus’s suburban town of Meliha. Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said in a facebook statement that Muhammad al-Sheikh-Taha from the Handarat camp and Ramzi Awimmer from the Deraa camp were killed under torture in Syrian jails, while Hussein Amairi from the al-Yarmouk camp was killed in clashes in the Damascus countryside town of Maliha.
In a related context, the Lebanese security forces allowed six Palestinian women coming from Syria into Lebanon to meet their sons who previously fled to Lebanon after a 24-hour of wait on the borders.
Earlier this month, a committee chaired by Lebanon Prime Minister Tammam Salam made several decisions that tightened the entry to Palestinian-Syrians seeking refuge in Lebanon.
On June 16, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) launched a Ramadan appeal for US$ 27 million to enable Palestine refugees trapped in Syria to be able to buy food in Ramadan.
When the Syria crisis flared, there were some 500,000 Palestinians registered as refugees in Syria. Over the last two years, an additional 40,000 Palestine refugees have registered with UNRWA seeking assistance.
A further 80,000 have fled Syria, mainly to Lebanon, but it has become increasingly difficult for Palestinians to enter any of the neighbouring countries. Of the approximately 460,000 who remain, almost all have been badly affected by the crisis, requiring continuous humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. At least half have fled their homes, sometimes more than once, according to UN stats.
20 june 2014
UNRWA Records have indicated that the number of registered Palestinian refugees, as of January 2014, amount to approximately 5.4 million, according to a press release by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS):
(WAFA) UNRWA Records indicated that these figures represented the minimum number of Palestinian refugees:
Palestinian refugees in West Bank who are registered with UNRWA as in the beginning of 2014 accounted up to 16.8 % of the total refugees registered with UNRWA against 24.1% in Gaza Strip. At the level of the Arab countries, the percentage of Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA in Jordan, amounted up to 39.7% of the total Palestinian refugees while the percentage of Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA in Lebanon and Syria reached 8.9% and 10.5% respectively.
66% of Palestinians who were living in Historic Palestine (British-Mandated Palestine) in 1948 were Expelled and Displaced
The human plight and tragedy that has befallen on the Palestinian people in 1948, a devastating tragedy was expelled and displaced from land seized by Israel as about 957 thousand Palestinian Arabs, representing 66.0 % of the total Palestinians who were living in historic Palestine on the eve of the war of 1948, according to UN estimates in 1950.
Several official estimates on the number of Palestinian refugees on the eve of the 1948 war was released from various sources, including official British, American, Palestinian and Israeli estimates as well as the United Nations estimates. However, United Nations released two estimates: the first referred to the number of Palestinian refugees that amounted to about 726 thousand refugees as based on the estimates of the United Nations in 1949. And the second that amounted to 957 thousand refugees as based on estimates of 1950.
41% of the totals Population in Palestine are Refugees
Data refer that the percentage of the population of refugees in Palestine in 2013 is estimated at 41.2% of the total Palestinian population living in Palestine, and data indicated that 26.1% of the population in West Bank are refugees, while the percentage of refugees in Gaza Strip is about 65.3%.
Palestinian Refugees are characterized as a Youngsters Community
Statistical data of 2013 indicated that the percentage of persons aged less than 15 years in Palestine reached 39.9% (as of 41.1% for refugees and 39.1% for non- refugees), while the percentage of elderly aged 60 years and over among refugee reached 4.2% of the total refugees while for non-refugees reached 4.5%.
(WAFA) UNRWA Records indicated that these figures represented the minimum number of Palestinian refugees:
Palestinian refugees in West Bank who are registered with UNRWA as in the beginning of 2014 accounted up to 16.8 % of the total refugees registered with UNRWA against 24.1% in Gaza Strip. At the level of the Arab countries, the percentage of Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA in Jordan, amounted up to 39.7% of the total Palestinian refugees while the percentage of Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA in Lebanon and Syria reached 8.9% and 10.5% respectively.
66% of Palestinians who were living in Historic Palestine (British-Mandated Palestine) in 1948 were Expelled and Displaced
The human plight and tragedy that has befallen on the Palestinian people in 1948, a devastating tragedy was expelled and displaced from land seized by Israel as about 957 thousand Palestinian Arabs, representing 66.0 % of the total Palestinians who were living in historic Palestine on the eve of the war of 1948, according to UN estimates in 1950.
Several official estimates on the number of Palestinian refugees on the eve of the 1948 war was released from various sources, including official British, American, Palestinian and Israeli estimates as well as the United Nations estimates. However, United Nations released two estimates: the first referred to the number of Palestinian refugees that amounted to about 726 thousand refugees as based on the estimates of the United Nations in 1949. And the second that amounted to 957 thousand refugees as based on estimates of 1950.
41% of the totals Population in Palestine are Refugees
Data refer that the percentage of the population of refugees in Palestine in 2013 is estimated at 41.2% of the total Palestinian population living in Palestine, and data indicated that 26.1% of the population in West Bank are refugees, while the percentage of refugees in Gaza Strip is about 65.3%.
Palestinian Refugees are characterized as a Youngsters Community
Statistical data of 2013 indicated that the percentage of persons aged less than 15 years in Palestine reached 39.9% (as of 41.1% for refugees and 39.1% for non- refugees), while the percentage of elderly aged 60 years and over among refugee reached 4.2% of the total refugees while for non-refugees reached 4.5%.
Muhannad Aref Shtiwi
Two Palestinian refugees were proclaimed dead on Thursday in war-torn Syria, the action group for Palestinians of Syria reported. According to the action group, Muhannad Aref Shtiwi, from Khan Sheikh refugee camp, was tortured to death in a Syrian jail, while Yasin Alyan was killed in Al-Yarmouk refugee camp two days after his return from a hospital for treatment.
Two Palestinian refugees were proclaimed dead on Thursday in war-torn Syria, the action group for Palestinians of Syria reported. According to the action group, Muhannad Aref Shtiwi, from Khan Sheikh refugee camp, was tortured to death in a Syrian jail, while Yasin Alyan was killed in Al-Yarmouk refugee camp two days after his return from a hospital for treatment.
Yasin Alyan
In another context, the Lebanese security forces prevented six Palestinian mothers from entering Lebanon and only allowed in their children who attended final school exams in Syria.
The action group also said that Palestinian refugee Rakan Hussein continued his hunger strike for the sixth consecutive day in Budapest in protest at the refusal of the Hungarian authorities to reunite him with his children in Turkey
In another context, the Lebanese security forces prevented six Palestinian mothers from entering Lebanon and only allowed in their children who attended final school exams in Syria.
The action group also said that Palestinian refugee Rakan Hussein continued his hunger strike for the sixth consecutive day in Budapest in protest at the refusal of the Hungarian authorities to reunite him with his children in Turkey
19 june 2014
Saleh Saif 75
Action Group for Palestinians in Syria said in a statement that four Palestinians were killed due to the ongoing conflict in Syria since 2011. The group reported that Saleh Saif, 75, died of medical supplies lack in the Yarmok refugee camp while Rami Sahli was died of torture in the Syrian regime prisons.
Ammar Ali died after being kidnapped by an unknown group, and Ahmed Rizqallah was killed due to clashes erupted in Allepo, the group added.
At least 2200 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing Syria conflict, and around 250,000 Palestinian refugees have been forced to leave their homes in Syria due to violence in the country.
Prior to the conflict, 600,000 Palestinian refugees lived in Syria.
Action Group for Palestinians in Syria said in a statement that four Palestinians were killed due to the ongoing conflict in Syria since 2011. The group reported that Saleh Saif, 75, died of medical supplies lack in the Yarmok refugee camp while Rami Sahli was died of torture in the Syrian regime prisons.
Ammar Ali died after being kidnapped by an unknown group, and Ahmed Rizqallah was killed due to clashes erupted in Allepo, the group added.
At least 2200 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing Syria conflict, and around 250,000 Palestinian refugees have been forced to leave their homes in Syria due to violence in the country.
Prior to the conflict, 600,000 Palestinian refugees lived in Syria.
