PA isolates West Bank camps
The PA’s crackdown on West Bank refugee camps and withholding of aid is adding to the marginalization of the youth.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — In the Balata refugee camp in east Nablus, in the northern West Bank, Umm Hossam and her family live in dire conditions in light of the grinding poverty and high unemployment rate that plagues the camp, which is one of the largest in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) security apparatuses have been tracking down the camp’s young men, some of whom are now detained under the pretext of being drug dealers or car thieves.
