Jenin refugees turn away US relief trucks

"The camp's inhabitants are refusing help provided by the US because of its foreign policy concerning the Palestinian question and because the camp was destroyed by US-made weapons," Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member for Jenin, Jamal al-Shaati, said.

The aid was sent by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), whose trucks bore its emblem as well as the US flag.

A large crowd of camp's residents, including representatives of all political factions there, threw the goods back into the trucks after they had been unloaded at the camp's entrance, Shaati said. The trucks were then forced to leave.