{"id":94491,"date":"2020-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionpal.ahmadalkhuleyf.net\/post\/10261\/"},"modified":"2020-06-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T21:00:00","slug":"10261","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/post\/10261","title":{"rendered":"Palestinians from Syria Appeal for Urgent Humanitarian Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt\">Palestinian refugees and activists have urged UNRWA to increase its cash aid to Palestine refugees and provide them with urgent cash and in-kind items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt\">In posts circulated on social media network Facebook, activists said prices and house rents have seen a tenfold rise over recent years, exacerbating the situation of the cash-stripped families.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt\">The refugees called for providing them with the needed medicines and medical kit along with food aid and children&#8217;s milk and diapers.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt\">The situation has been exacerbated by the sanctions implemented by the US as part of the so-called \u201cCaesar Act\u201dtargeting anyone doing business with the Assad regime, including in opposition-held zones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt\">The load of new economic and travel sanctions also target non-Syrians who do business with the Assad regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt\">The sanctions are the result of legislation known as the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, named after the pseudonym of a Syrian who worked with the military police and turned over photographs of thousands of victims of torture by al-Assad&#8217;s government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt\">The implementation of the sanctions has led to a further deterioration of the exchange rate of the Syrian pound, resulting in a worse economic situation for vulnerable families whose sole sources of income have been already affected by the bloody warfare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:times new roman; font-size:14pt\">Nine years into the deadly conflict, the majority of Palestinian refugees continue to live below the poverty line in Syria and are food insecure.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian refugees and activists have urged UNRWA to increase its cash aid to Palestine refugees and provide them with urgent cash and in-kind items. 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