Posted on 03/25/2015 12:02:05 PM PDT by Star Traveler
JNS.org – Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip cities of Khan Younis and Rafah took to the streets on Tuesday after Egypt had cut off power to parts of southern Gaza. The protesters vented their anger at Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his government in light of reports that the decision to take parts of those towns off the grid was made by high-ranking officials in Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy.
Egyptian media said the government resorted to that measure as a result of outstanding payments owed by a Palestinian utility company. The Hamas terrorist group’s government in Gaza cannot generate enough power on its own and has over the years had to rely on the Egyptian and Israeli grid.
A senior official at the Palestinian Energy Ministry told Israel Hayom that healthcare facilities in southern Gaza had to rely on emergency generators, but stressed that the generators were only a short-term remedy. The protesters said they were unintended victims of the ongoing spat between Gaza-ruling Hamas and the Egyptian government, which designates Hamas as a terrorist organization due to its affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood. Some protesters told Arab media that the power cutoff by Egypt was worse than the “Israeli blockade,” referring to the restrictions Israel imposes on Gaza to prevent terrorist activity.
“Even when we had the war with the Zionists, they did not cut off our power supply and water like El-Sisi the criminal,” one Palestinian said.
“El-Sisi’s government is worse than the Zionist occupation,” another protester said.
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Well then ... all someone has to do is show some article where some program (from the USA) is designated for Hamas ... like, for instance, what Switzerland just did. That was “in the news” ... so if the USA is sending money to Hamas, or military aid or military supplies ... that will be in the news, too.
Report: Switzerland Comes to Aid of Hamas, Will Pay Salaries to Gaza Operatives
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3271638/posts
I’ve never seen one grant or fund or aid program ever listed from the USA to Hamas ... listed in the news ... in all these years of reading about the situation over there.
AND ... I have to always make this distinction, as the world, the USA and Israel all distinguish “humanitarian aid” to Palestinian civilians as NOT aid to Hamas. And I already know that there are some posters that say if you give it to “Palestinian civilians” then you’re giving it to Hamas. WELL ... Israel, itself, doesn’t think that!
I don’t try to be politically correct.
We will have to agree to disagree...
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