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Posted on 07/13/2014 2:41:56 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Seventy thousand Gazans from Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah were in the dark Sunday night after a Hamas rocket hit the power line that supplies electricity to those places. It's not clear when Israel Electric Company workers will be able to repair the system, but they are apparently in no rush to do so. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has asked the IEC not to risk the lives of its employees in trying to restore power to the affected sector in Gaza, an operation that could take hours.
As Operation Protective Edge enters its seventh day, many Israelis are demanding that the country take more aggressive action against Hamas in order to put a halt to the seemingly endless missile attacks from Gaza. One suggestion that has come up numerous times including from MKs and Ministers like Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon is cutting off electricity to Gaza,which Israel is still supplying. The Hamas missile, which hit one of the high tension wires that move power from Israel to Gaza, apparently made that a moot point, at least partially.
The Palestinian Authority currently owes the Israel Electric Company NIS 1.5 billion ($525 million) in unpaid bills for electricity. An examination of that debt by business daily Globes shows that the relative amount owed by Gaza was NIS 220 million ($62 million).
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What no Obama Green Energy Money went their for the Solarification of Gaza? What is wrong with this Country! That wasn’t spreading the Wealth! What is their no SEIU Solar Installers their?
I called IEC, the only words I understood were something like...."When Hell freezes over".
Fix a facility under rocket attack? Not gonna do it, wouldn’t be prudent.
Electricity is harram. It,s a big Satan, little Satan plot to keep Gaza from its rightful return to the times of Mad Mo.
Thanks, LOVE IT!!!!!
Thanks Eleutheria5.
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