Shu'fat Camp

Shu'fat camp area

Shu'fat, or more commonly Shuafat (Arabic: شعفاط Šuʿafāṭ), is a Palestinian refugee camp in Jerusalem jurisdiction located next to Shuafat, a Palestinian Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem. The camp is located outside the Israeli West Bank barrier (unlike most other Jerusalem's neighborhoods), but technically the Shuafat refugee camp is the only Palestinian refugee camp located inside Jerusalem or any other Israeli-administered area.

Often, the entire area within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem that is located beyond the Shu'fat refugee camp checkpoint, is referred to as "Shu'fat Refugee Camp." However, in reality, the area of the refugee camp (under UNRWA responsibility) constitutes only a small part of this territory, characterized by low-rise construction. To the west of the refugee camp, still within the area beyond the separation barrier, lies Ras Khamis; to the south of the refugee camp is Ras Shehadeh; and to the east of the camp is Dahiyat al-Salam, extending eastward to the municipal boundary of the city, beyond which lies the village of Anata (located outside the municipal area). The neighborhoods surrounding the camp are characterized by dense high-rise construction. To the north, the refugee camp extends to the separation barrier, just a few hundred meters from the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood.