Aida Refugee Camp (Beit Jala)
Palestine /
Bayt Lahhm /
Bayt Jala /
Beit Jala
World
/ Palestine
/ Bayt Lahhm
/ Bayt Jala
, 1 km from center (بيت جالا)
World / Palestinian territories / West Bank
residential neighbourhood, refugee camp
One of three Palestinian refugee camps in Bethlehem administered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The 5,500 residents (2014 population) are people who were displaced in the fighting of 1948, and their descendants, all of whom possess specific legal rights under international humanitarian law. When the 1948 fighting was over, despite Israel's promises to the UN, the original refugees were denied the right to return to their homes and villages, most of which had already been quickly destroyed by the Zionist/Israeli forces.
Aida was visited in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI, who delivered an address of solidarity, with the Israeli Separation Barrier abuting the camp as backdrop. See:
www.wrmea.org/2009-july/pope-benedict-xvis-address-at-t...
Aida was visited in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI, who delivered an address of solidarity, with the Israeli Separation Barrier abuting the camp as backdrop. See:
www.wrmea.org/2009-july/pope-benedict-xvis-address-at-t...
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_Camp
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 31°43'9"N 35°11'55"E
- City Center 8.5 km
- Pisgat Ze'ev 14 km
- Giv'at Ze'ev 17 km
- Tira neighborhood 23 km
- HaMeginim neighborhood 30 km
- Ayla Oasis 241 km
- الروضه 388 km
- Район Эль Каусер 520 km
- Saudi Aramco - Rabigh Community 1053 km
- Batin Erq Addasam 1089 km
- Jacir Palace Hotel 0.2 km
- Khirbet Khamis 0.6 km
- Road 60 Viaduct & Separation Barrier 1.4 km
- Gilo A 1.5 km
- Gilo 1.8 km
- Cremisan Valley 2.1 km
- Gilo B 2.1 km
- Bethlehem Governorate 5.8 km
- Gush Etzion 6.2 km
- Judea and Samaria ("West Bank") 26 km