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A conflict has arisen between the Central Relief Committee, organized to aid the sufferers in the recent outbreak, and the refugees here who refuse to return to the Old City and to remote quarters because they fear those districts are still unsafe.
The Committee, unable to persuade the refugees to return to these quarters which have been declared safe by the government, has resorted to pressure and reduced the food allotments. Indignation at this measure was voiced by the refugees.
Rabbi Meyer Berlin, who is heading the Relief Committee, stated to the representative of the Hebrew daily, “Doar Ha’yom”: “There are areas still dangerous and we are feeding the refugees from these areas, but there are areas already safe. Nevertheless, the refugees are refusing to return there. We are extending loans to small traders and artisans, about £4,000 having been loaned already. The government is feeding only the refugees from Hebron. We are furnishing food to the refugees from the Jerusalem area. Jews have returned to Gaza but not to Beer Sheba.”
A letter published ni the “Doar Ha’yom” presents the views of 200 refugees, who declared that the relief committee has stopped feeding them.
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