Tag: electricity

The Israel Electric Corporation agreed to build four power substations for the Palestinian Authority.

These moves are being seen as a bid by Abbas to show the Gaza population that its leadership is not really leading.

PA leader Mahmoud Abbas refused to pay more than 70 percent of the previous bill, saying Hamas does not send him the payments for the electricity that Gaza residents remit to their government in the enclave.

In June 2011 Dahlan was expelled from Fatah because of repeated claims by Abbas that he had murdered Yasser Arafat.

Egypt pledged to ease movement across the borders, “address humanitarian cases,” and supplying Gaza with electricity.

View the mansions that Bedouins have built on the land that Israel have given them for free in the Negev.

The Hamas government seems to have no problem obtaining expensive advanced weaponry, but can't seem to find a way to pay its region's electric bill.

Gaza’s only power plant has been out of commission for more than two weeks, because of a dispute between the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas government over the rate of excise taxes on fuel for the plant.

iAID international Israel-based humanitarian aid agency connects innovation and technology to the global humanitarian aid scene.

On Monday, Turkey's Minister of Culture and Tourism arrives for a state visit to Israel as well.

Qatar donates $12 million to power up Gaza's aging generator just enough to provide eight hours' electricity daily to residents.

Gazans only have electricity for only three to four hours a day.

The agreement places full responsibility for electric bills collection on the PA, which in the past rejected its responsibility for the debt.

Jellyfish caused a cascading blackout in the Philippines in 1999, and damaged the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California in 2008. Clogging can stop desalination plants and ship engines.

During the IDF raid to capture the Hamas terror cell in Gush Etzion, regional infrastructure was damaged.

ISIS-linked terrorists in northern Sinai launched a massive attack against Egyptian government troops, killing 15 police officers and cutting power.

"I'm sure that if Maimonides, or Rabbi Yosef Karo lived today, they would say: We never wrote our codifications for a time when the State of Israel would be established."

Israel was rebuked this month by the World Bank for ruining the PA economy by, essentially, withholding money it is rightfully due.

IEC management appealed to the Haifa District Labor Court with a complaint that their workers’ committee was sabotaging the functioning of the company in a time of crisis.

In Israel, thousands of families were without power for 24 hours when the sun rose on Monday, courtesy of the first winter storm to hit the Middle East.

The Palestinian Authority continues to receive "free electricity," knowing that the world won’t let Israel cut off the power.

Israelis have broken the nation's record for energy consumption in this week's heat wave.

The Palestinian Authority complains to the UN after Israel withholds tax money as partial payment for a huge electricity bill.

Security around a Jordan Valley moshav was jeopardized by vandals this weekend after electric polies around the community were chopped down.

Mainstream media report “all the news to print that fits” the anti-Israeli agenda.

Wind power is also facing difficulties taking off in Israel, this time because of regulators and other interest groups, and not environmentalists.

In a unique operation, IEC transfered 10 generators to hospitals in Gaza.

Israeli workers fitted with flak jackets to protect against Palestinian attacks while delivering humanitarian aid.

The lights are out again in Gaza, but it's not clear who is responsible this time around. Does it matter?

Direct strikes on Sderot knock out electricity in parts of the city. Gaza still has electricity.