UNRWA Suspends Services in Jenin
Date : 12/8/2011 Time : 15:32
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JENIN, August 12, 2011 (WAFA) – A decision by the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to suspend services in the
northern West Bank city of Jenin on Friday had upset local activists.

Adnan Hindi, head of the popular services committee in Jenin refugee camp,
condemned UNRWA’s decision, saying it was unjustified.

UNRWA suspended its operations in the Jenin area refugee camps following
allegation of threats received by its staff. It said that while it was
suspending services as of Friday in most of its offices, this will not
affect the health services.

Hindi denied allegations that UNRWA staff had been threatened, stressing
that UNRWA had been serving Jenin refugee camp and its 16,000 registered
refugees for many years and no one had attempted to attack or harm its
staff.

He said, however, that camp residents have been complaining that UNRWA
stopped hiring them through a special work fund that provides temporary jobs
to thousands of refugees.

He warned that by suspending its services, some 14,000 workers will not be
able to earn their daily living, particularly in this month of Ramadan and
during a difficult economic situation in the West Bank.

M.A.