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No garbage disposal at Shuafat Refugee Camp! Protest rally Fri. June 12
Fri. June 12 - Rally at Shuafat Refugee Camp to protest Jerusalem Municipality
failure to adequately dispose of the camp`s garbage.

Adam Keller
12:54 PM (1 hour ago)

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From: Uri Agnon



Shuafat Refugee Camp Emergency Committee and the Committee Against the Wall
invite activists and supporters to a protest at Shuafat Refugee Camp. We will
protest against Jerusalem’s Municipality’s prolonged neglect and failure to
adequately dispose of the camp`s garbage. As we saw ourselves during the
solidarity visit earlier this year, the camp is swamped with piles of
accumulated garbage which the Municipality does not vacate, saying that the
narrow alleys aren`t compatible for the access of garbage trucks (which the
Municipality is also responsible for solving). The garbage containers placed
along wide central roads are not vacated regularly enough, a violation of the
official guidelines specified in the local Municipal contract. The funds
allocated to garbage disposal per resident of the camp is only a fifth of those
appropriated per citizen in West Jerusalem. The garbage accumulates, some of it
burned, in the already crowded camp which creates a severe sanitation problem,
health hazard and direct damage to Shuafat residents` quality of life.

The residents of Shuafat are tired of hearing City Hall`s empty promises and of
the neglect of their quality of life. On Friday the 12th of June at 12:00 we
will join them in protest- at the roundabout adjacent to the pedestrian
checkpoint at the entrance to Shuafat Refugee Camp. Together with the residents
we will make it clear to Mayor Nir Barkat and his colleagues at City Hall: Talk
is not enough, now is the time for action! Stop avoiding your responsibilities
towards the residents of east Jerusalem! Act to regularize and resolve the
efficient disposal of garbage from Shuafat Refugee Camp!
In the beginning of the protest there will be a prayer.

An organized ride will take us from Gan HaPaamon to the camp. We will meet at
Gan HaPaamon at 11:15. Whoever wishes to join the Bus Must subscribe in
advance.

Contact: Uri Agnon 0544-777-397
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