PALESTINIANS IN JENIN CAMP TURN DOWN U.S. RELIEF AID

Reuters

PALESTINIANS IN JENIN CAMP TURN DOWN U.S. RELIEF AID

Reuters, 4/25/02

JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian officials at Jenin refugee camp Thursday turned down a U.S. aid shipment of tents, food and children’s toys, saying the camp had been destroyed by Israel with U.S.-made weapons.

They said residents refused to unpack the shipment, which included 800 tents and other relief supplies from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), after it arrived in U.N. trucks Tuesday.

“Residents do not accept this assistance presented by the United States because their camp has been demolished, its youth killed by American weapons in Israeli hands,” said Fakhri Turukman, a Palestinian legislator from the camp.

“We would rather die of hunger than be fed by our killers,” said Ibrahim Hussein, a member of the camp’s relief committee.

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