Egypt cuts off Gaza's electricity
The media has been silent about this. I wonder why.... But that hasn't stopped the usual suspects from blaming Israel anyway.Gaza usually has three sources of electricity. Israel provides 125 megawatts of power directly through electric lines, the Gaza power plant provides 80 MW and Egypt directly provides about 17 MW.Since Egypt curtailed the tunnel trade to Gaza and Hamas refused to pay market prices for fuel, allowing the power plant to shut down on November 1, the amount of electric power available for Gaza went down from about 222 MW to 142 MW. Now that amount has been further reduced by another 12%, and Israel is now the only party providing power to Gaza.
Yet Israel is also virtually the only party being blamed for fuel shortages into Gaza by UNRWA, Amnesty, Hamas (in English), European NGOs, Arab media and of course the usual anti-Israel idiots.In other news, the 'Palestinian Authority' has asked the Israel Electric Company to forgive about half of its NIS 1.1 billion in debt, and to spread out payment of the other half over the next 20 years. The Israeli taxpayer is expected to pick up the costs.
But give them a 'state' and they'll start behaving like responsible children. Right....
Labels: Gaza electricity supply, Gaza plenty, Hamas, Israel Electric Corporation, Palestinian Authority
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:39 PM
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