We visited the New
Asker refugee camp. The Asker Refugee camp dates back to the 1948
Palestinian displacement. In 1965 it had to expand to the New Askar
Refugee camp which now has a population of 10,000 and is also under
UNRW.
Like the near by
Balatata Camp New Asker has a cultural center which tries to support
the work of the over worked schools, two for the camp, and provide
cultural and other needed services.
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| Askar Camp Cultural Center Computer room |
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| Class room the loom is for teaching weaving with handcapped stundents |
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| with the schools stressed the cultural center works to close the gap |
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| During the Intafata thsi street was deadly sniper from the settlement would shoot people who walked on this street |
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| clouds role up the hill to the north of New Askar |
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| A French group stood up here in horror as down below at the intersection occupation soldiers opened up and shot at a group of Palestinian children |
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| The next three frams are a mural from left to right |
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| This house will be an example of collective punishment. Because of what the son is accused of doing the parents house will be demolished (the Israeli engineers have all ready come out to plan the demolistion.) In addition the brothers house is on top so his house will be demolished too. It is one of the newer houses in New Askar. The streets are very narrow making it hard to get a picture of the house. And increasing the likely hood that many surrounding houses will be demolished. |
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| looking north west. again the upper part of the hill side has been taken as an Area C around an illegal settlement. Which also took land from the legal owners |
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