text: "... fn the north there is the ,talazun camp and in the south tbeA1 rAnari canp. These canps are three kilornetres ar'ay ln tbe case of Jalazunand five kilonetres in the ca6e of Ar rAmari but they are stilr considered tobe in the suburbs of Rarnalrah. on nationar days the occupying authoriti.esDould send patrols to surround the canps. claiming that they eished to preventany acts ot terrorisn or lat|-breaking. As you knoe, in those canps ttrere areyounq people, old people, children and, as a result of several acts ofprovocalion by the arny, there is conflict beteeen the armed forces and thepeople livinq in the camp, Thi6 type of clash is aleays used as a pretext forattacking the canp... The resj.denCs of the Jalazun camp were brought togetherin the school courtyard in the rain and they were forced to eait for hours rnthe rain. They $ere told to salt until the lnvestigation into a case ofstone-throeinq was conpleted ... the occupying authorilies surrounded the Al rAnari camp and sealed off all but one of the entrances. Regular patrolssurrounded the carnp, stopping citizens. They wouLd humlliate then. InRamallah, in 1980, there tas a Christlan feast day. on Easter Eve, and tbetoen council announced a scout march, and this r,as for all the packs on theItest Bank... I was an eye-$itness. The patrol detained sone 50 people andtold thern to strip off all tbeir clothing. They brought firemen with hosesand rratered do$n the Hhore street and then they forced the people to clean thestreet nith their ol'n clothes. atter which they eere detained, alespite thefact that Chey had not participated in any demonstration or any event. Theyhad sinply cone fron different villages and l,ere on their way back bone ...,,(A/AC. l4 5/RT. 4I6 ) 49. Yet another witness, Mr. Ghaasan Said, reterredrefugee camp, to ahich reference is nade elsevrhere into the situation in Dheishehthis report, He said:A/40/7O2 Enq Ii sh Paqe 25 ".,. Three nontns ago I eas li'virq at the canP, Al-Dheisheh near the tor{n
analysis: The text appears to be a first-hand account of the experiences of Palestinians in refugee camps during the Israeli occupation. The description of the camps, the conflicts with the armed forces, and the humiliation of civilians suggest a humanitarian crisis. The focus on the daily lives of people in the camps, including their struggles and challenges, also indicates a human rights issue.