The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world by sea, air, or land. An entire population is being brutally punished.
Jimmy Carter, former US President
As the Palestinian people prepare to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nakba (”catastrophe”) - the dispossession and expulsion of most of our people from our land - those remaining in Palestine face escalating aggression, killings, imprisonment, ethnic cleansing and siege. But instead of support and solidarity from the western media, we face frequent attempts [...]
It’s very important not to appear to be trying to force Jordan’s views on the Palestinians. Nothing could be more damaging to this very special relationship. Therefore we will support whatever the Palestinians wish in whatever way we can, without reservations, but beyond that, the time is not right to discuss it.
King Hussein of Jordan, [...]
A generation of Palestinian children face the danger of being psychologically damaged beyond repair unless there is sufficient urgent psychological intervention and an improvement in the political, social and economic conditions in the Gaza Strip.
Marwan Diab, Psychologist of the Gaza Community Health Programme
However, my happiness did not last for long when I discovered that NONE of the Palestinian refugee camps within the Occupied Palestinian Territories are published there (see map below). So, even if you “Sit in front of your computer“, with a few clicks you can “see, hear and develop an emotional understanding of what it is like to be a refugee“, but not the Palestinian refugees’ experience. They don’t exist!
