Published : 06-12-2016
Residents of Khan Al-Sheih Camp, in Damascus western suburbs, have been subjected to forced displacement tactics following years of starvation, impoverishment, and deadly shelling.
Hundreds of families were forced out of the camp after a deal between the government forces and the opposition outfits saw the day.
Key to the deal was the retreat of opposition fighters and their families to Idlib province.
Ten-year-old Mohamed, among other children, left the camp with his mother. He has been made to endure homelessness and starvation on way out of the camp despite his very young age.
80-year-old Abu Youssef shed bitter tears as he harked back to the Nakba days.
“Palestinians are doomed to wander down and out in streets, forever out of place,” said Abu Youssef. “Why do we, Palestinians, always fall prey to conflicts in the region?”
Activist Iyad also slammed the apathy maintained by the mass media and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), among other national factions, as regards the tragedy endured by Khan Al-Sheih displaced community, despite their commitment to neutrality in the ongoing warfare.
Another refugee—Abu Rami— heaved a sigh of sorrow as he recalled his memories with his wife and friends.
“This is my picture with Umm Rami a couple of days before she was killed in an offensive on our home,” he said with tears in his eyes.
For his part journalist Ahmad said: “The farewell moment is just heartbreaking. How on earth dare the Palestine Liberation Organization and UNRWA let us down? How dare they turn blind eyes and deaf ears to our cries for help and to our appeals to protect our children from destruction, the blockade, and forced deportation?”
Residents of Khan Al-Sheih Camp, in Damascus western suburbs, have been subjected to forced displacement tactics following years of starvation, impoverishment, and deadly shelling.
Hundreds of families were forced out of the camp after a deal between the government forces and the opposition outfits saw the day.
Key to the deal was the retreat of opposition fighters and their families to Idlib province.
Ten-year-old Mohamed, among other children, left the camp with his mother. He has been made to endure homelessness and starvation on way out of the camp despite his very young age.
80-year-old Abu Youssef shed bitter tears as he harked back to the Nakba days.
“Palestinians are doomed to wander down and out in streets, forever out of place,” said Abu Youssef. “Why do we, Palestinians, always fall prey to conflicts in the region?”
Activist Iyad also slammed the apathy maintained by the mass media and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), among other national factions, as regards the tragedy endured by Khan Al-Sheih displaced community, despite their commitment to neutrality in the ongoing warfare.
Another refugee—Abu Rami— heaved a sigh of sorrow as he recalled his memories with his wife and friends.
“This is my picture with Umm Rami a couple of days before she was killed in an offensive on our home,” he said with tears in his eyes.
For his part journalist Ahmad said: “The farewell moment is just heartbreaking. How on earth dare the Palestine Liberation Organization and UNRWA let us down? How dare they turn blind eyes and deaf ears to our cries for help and to our appeals to protect our children from destruction, the blockade, and forced deportation?”
