The UN administers the camp and provides most of the services. There are no tents here - the inhabitants have constructed houses, often of three stories, on the site of their original tents. You can imagine the alleyways and chaos. The refugees don't want to leave as this may weaken their argument that they should have the right of return to their former homes. There are refugees from over 400 villages all over Palestine. There are families who came from Ein Karem.
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| The entrance to the camp - UN Health Administration in the background. The 'chicken plucker' to the right |
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| The "chicken plucker" so called because it left the refugees feeling naked as a plucked chook after enduring the searches and identity checks entering and leaving the camp |
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| A famous Palestinian cartoonist, assassinated in 1987. The writing quotes him some weeks before his death: 'an artist who writes of the conflict must be prepared that he may be killed' |
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| Near the entrance - the black bricks detail the home villages of the refugees |
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| The main street of the camp |
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| Graffito honouring 15 year old killed for stone throwing by Israeli Security forces |
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| The posters on the door are welcoming home a youth released from detention by the Israelis |
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| Street art commemorating four youths killed - some for attacks on Israelis. The silhouette asks "who's next?" |
The Tent of all Nations is an educational and environmental farm begun by a Palestinian farming family who are resisting the pressure of the Israeli authorities to abandon their land. The farm is situated in the West Bank on occupied territory. It is surrounded by five settlements, considered illegal by the UN. The family are nonviolently resisting the pressure - which includes threats, cutting down of their fruit trees, cutting off water and power and blocking the access road. http://www.tentofnations.org/
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| The 'Tent of All Nations" entrance - the road has been blocked so the bus had to wait outside. |
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| Non violent resistance |
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| The extraordinary view towards the coast - and Gaza |
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| lunch |
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| Illegal Settlements(according to the UN) surround the Palestinian property |
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| The family home |
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| security - there are seven cameras |
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| The farmland |
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| The road block |
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| David - one of the family explains the situation. We're in a cave |
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| Lunch - vegetarian |
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| Some of the children of the farm workers |
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