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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel cutting power to West Bank Palestinians over debt
2019-12-19
[IsraelTimes] The Israel Electric Corporation says it is cutting power to several Paleostinian cities in the West Bank, citing the Paleostinian electric company’s outstanding debt, which it says amounts to $519 million.
That’s a lot of money.
According to Rooters, the IEC says it has been cutting power for three hours every day since Sunday and that it is "determined to collect the debt but disconnects the power in a reasonable and proportionate way."

Hisham Omari, the head of the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO), the main Paleostinian electric company, says there have been afternoon power outages affecting some 130,000 people in Ramallah and Bethlehem.

"When you have no electricity, there is no life. You stop life, you stop work, you feel the winter cold, for three hours," Omari is quoted as saying.
Go ahead, have a charcoal fire inside
Ynet adds:
Palestinians in the West Bank are largely dependent on electricity supplied by Israel.

JDECO buys electricity from IEC and then sells it to customers in the West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority has limited self-rule under interim peace deals with Israel.

JDECO does not have its own power stations and relies on Israel for 95 percent of its energy supply. It buys the remainder from neighboring Jordan.

Omari said the company was “trying to take a 150 million shekels ($43.25 million) loan from a Palestinian bank to help pay off the debt.”

He added that the PA is negotiating with Israel to reschedule JDECO’s debt payments and end the power cuts.

The Palestinians have tried to reduce what they call their dependence on Israel for energy, in part through state and private sector funded solar energy projects and plans to build their own power plants.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Too much baksheesh to their Hamas & PA overlords?
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-12-19 12:49  

#4  Mohamed didn't have electricity at all - not even three hours a day. I thought all Muslims were supposed to emulate him.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2019-12-19 10:36  

#3  #1 - would make a good public service vid for the deep blue enclaves set on another civil war.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-12-19 07:38  

#2  Wait until the discover that you can't recharge palm tops without electricity.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-12-19 02:13  

#1  "When you have no electricity, there is no life Netflix. You stop life, you stop work, you feel the winter cold, for three hours,"

Yeah, that's pretty much why I pay the electric bill each month.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-12-19 01:53  

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