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    We visited a camp for Palestinians and heard despair for Gaza — and anger at America

    We came to a refugee camp in Jordan to ask what is on people's minds, as war and violence unfold in places that may be miles away, but that feel central to their identities.
    by Erika Ryan Nov 23, 2023 4 minutes
    We came to the Hitten refugee camp in Jordan to ask how people were feeling.

    AMMAN, Jordan — The concept of "home" can be a tricky one.

    Ask a person, "Where's home for you?" and they may respond with where they were born, or where they grew up, or where they live today. This question is particularly fraught for the people we came to meet in Hitten camp, one of 10 refugee camps in Jordan that the United Nations provides services for. About two million registered Palestinians live in Jordan, the most of any country.

    Many people at Hitten, northeast of Amman, have spent much or all of their lives here. But ask them where home is, and the overwhelming answer is the Palestinian territories: Gaza or

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