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2023-03-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Clashes kill one in Palestinian refugee camp
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One person was killed and several others maimed in overnight festivities in south Lebanon Hezbollahstan
...a formerly French, now an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. ...
's restive Ain al-Helweh Paleostinian refugee camp,
...known around here as Ein el Hellhole because there are so many stories like this, and others that are worse...
a Paleostinian official said Thursday.

The festivities pitted members of Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....
's Fatah movement against Islamist groups in the camp, located near the coastal city of Sidon, said senior Fatah official Mounir Makdah.

"One person was killed and seven maimed," he told AFP, adding that "all Paleostinian forces are working to put an end" to the violence.

Clashes between rival groups are common in Ain al-Helweh, which is home to more than 54,000 registered Paleostinian refugees who have been joined in recent years by thousands of Paleostinians fleeing the conflict in Syria.
As I recall, all but the poorest of the original inhabitants have moved out because of the lawlessness — the Lebanese police are not permitted entry to the camp, and the various Palestinian groups that hold various territories within the camps are not amenable to being forced to comply to the rules of other groups either — renting out their houses to locals and refugees from Syria who can’t afford better housing elsewhere.
An AFP correspondent said shooting had mostly subsided around dawn but that sporadic gunfire could still be heard later in the morning.

The situation remained tense and gunnies deployed to the streets of the camp, while schools run by the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
agency for Paleostinian refugees, UNRWA, were closed.

By long-standing convention, the Lebanese army does not enter Paleostinian refugee camps in Lebanon, leaving the factions themselves to handle security.

That has created lawless areas in many camps, and Ain al-Helweh has gained notoriety as a refuge for Death Eaters and runaways.
There was a time when we were concerned that it would be conquered by ISIS, but apparently they were driven off.
More than 450,000 Paleostinians are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon.

Most live in one of 12 official refugee camps, often in squalid conditions, and face a variety of legal restrictions, including on their employment.
Posted by Fred 2023-03-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [22 views ]  Top
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