
| Dheisheh refugee camp

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 The camp’s original refugees came from 45 villages in the western Jerusalem and western Hebron areas. |

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| Deir 'Ammar refugee camp

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 Following the Oslo Agreements, the camp fell under joint Israeli-Palestinian control. |

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| Camp No. 1 refugee camp

| 24 November 2009
 Following the Israeli army redeployment in 1995, the camp came under Palestinian Authority control. |

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| Beit Jibrin refugee camp

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 Beit Jibrin was established in 1950 in the heart of Bethlehem. It is the smallest West Bank camp, covering only 0.02 square kilometres. |

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| Balata refugee camp

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 Civil society and political actors in Balata are especially strong. The first West Bank group to defend refugee rights, the Refugee Committee to Defend Refugee Rights, was established in Balata in early 1994. |

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| Askar refugee camp

| 24 November 2009
 In 1965, severe overcrowding led camp residents to expand to an extra 0.1 square kilometres of adjacent land. |

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| Arroub refugee camp

| 24 November 2009
 Arroub camp was established in 1949, 15km south of Bethlehem. |

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| Aqbat Jaber refugee camp

| 24 November 2009
 Before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the number of registered refugees was 30,000, making Aqbat Jabr the biggest camp in the West Bank. |

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| Am'ari refugee camp

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 Like other West Bank camps, Am’ari was established on land UNRWA leased from the government of Jordan. |

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| Aida refugee camp

| 24 November 2009
 Aida camp was established in 1950 between the towns of Bethlehem and Beit Jala. |

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