You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel to end Gaza electricity, water dependency
2011-01-21
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday with visiting French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, telling her Israel will work to end Gaza's dependency on his country, his office said.

"During their conversation... Netanyahu said that Israel would strive to disengage from the Gaza Strip with regard to infrastructure utilities like electricity and water," a statement from his office said, providing no further details.
Hamas should be pleased. They want nothing to do with the evil Jooz, and now they won't.
So...shut them off. Dependency over.
See? That was easy...
They could burn dung like they used to before Israel took them on... they've got great, overflowing ponds of the stuff just sitting there, waiting for a bright idea.
Israel withdrew its troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005, but still supplies some 70 percent of the strip's electricity, with the rest being provided by Egypt and local power plants. It also supplies fuel for the local plants through the Palestinian Authority.

It was not immediately clear where Gaza would get its electricity if Israel cuts off supplies.
How about an extension cord from France to Gaza...
In the past, Israel has tried to use electricity cuts as a way to pressure Gaza's Hamas rulers.

Israel also imposed a blockade of Gaza in 2006 when one of its soldiers was seized by Gaza militants in a deadly 2006 raid and tightened a year later when Hamas took over.

The siege has been significantly eased in recent months after Israeli came under international pressure following a deadly May 31 raid on a flotilla of aid ships trying to breach the blockade.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Gazooans have overpumped their aquifers, so they have gone brackish. Israel supplied water and electricity to Gazoo in accordance with the Oslo agreement. Gazoo was represented by the Palestinian Authority. There is no more PA, as Hamas has taken over the show.

So what to do about water and electricity for Gazoo. They seem to have 3 choices:

  • Work out another agreement with Israel

  • Set up a reverse osmosis plant to get potable water from the sea.

  • Get water from Egypt.


    • Based upon prior history with Israel: shooting rockets into Israel, and not paying fuel, electricity, or water bills kinda kills that one.

    Who is going to pay for the capital and operating costs of an RO plant? So the second one seems not viable.

    As far as the third option, they would not pay Egypt if water was supplied, so Gaza has created itself as a self-fulfilling screwup. Actions meet consequences. Good luck.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2011-01-21 15:30  

#3  Maybe the Israelis will help the Gazans build their own nuclear power plant.

/snark
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-01-21 15:17  

#2  the PA repor is complaining about not getting much of $$$ or dev aid, etc. from Regional Arab-Muslim Govts.

It's donor fatigue, JosephM. Last year the UN was only able to deliver about 52% of the aid that had been pledged at the beginning of the year. As for the Arab governments, they have never delivered on their commitments, although they've always talked big.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-01-21 06:15  

#1  This may not end well for either Israel or the Paleos as the PA repor is complaining about not getting much of $$$ or dev aid, etc. from Regional Arab-Muslim Govts.

Once again, the PA should NOT be surprised as many of thier fellow Regional Muslims view the Paleos as "ISLAMIZED CANAANITES" [read,"ISLAMIZED HEBREWS/JEWS" + RELATIONS therefrom]despite their common Muslim faith.

A FICKLE THING INDEED FOR BOTH ISRAELI + PALEO.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-01-21 00:24  

00:00