For those who claim that Gaza is not occupied. From Haaretz: “Environment Minister: Israel should cut power supply to Gaza in case of shortage.”
Or as my friend Ilene Cohen writes, “This is just a taste of what occupation looks like—no agency, no justice, no fairness The occupier controls your lives.”
From Haaretz. Oh and note that a population about 1/5 the size of Israel’s uses less than 1/20th the power Israel uses.
Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan on Sunday sought support from other government ministers to add a stipulation to any policy decision regarding the expected electricity shortages this summer. Erdan said that he wishes to add a clause to the agreement stipulating that if any electricity service needs to be temporarily stopped, such temporary outages should be implemented in Hamas-controlled Gaza, before affecting the power supply to residents of Israel….
Erdan pointed out that according to a study conducted by the Environmental Protection Ministry, Israel exports roughly 4.5% of electricity it generates to the Palestinian Authority. Thus Erdan suggests that if even after all countermeasures are in place, periodic stoppages of electricity need to be implemented, such outages should be felt in Gaza before in Israel…
“As the Environmental Protection Ministry is warning against a possible ‘electricity drought,’ steps are being made to counter it, including possible stops of service – there is no question, rather a clear decision in that case – Gaza first,” Erdan said.
“For those who claim that Gaza is not occupied.”
So if one party does not transfer a resourse to another, than the former is considered as occupying the latter?
And surely, you mean “occupied” by Egypt, after all, Egypt can easily connect Gaza to its grid.
Israel exports roughly 4.5% of electricity it generates to the Palestinian Authority.
and how much of their resources originate from occupied palestine?
Peter Beinart will come to the rescue.
/From Haaretz. Oh and note that a population about 1/5 the size of Israel’s uses less than 1/20th the power Israel uses. /
How did you come to that conclusion Philip.
That fact that we export 4.5% of our power supply to Palestinians does not meant it’s
their only source for power supply.
Demand: 360MW (100%)
Produced in Gaza: could be up to 80 MW (22,2%), but Israel restricts the import of fuel as a punitive measure , so it’s only 25 MW (6,9%)
Purchased from Israel: 120 MW (33,3%)
Purchased from Egypt: 22 MW (6,1%)
Total: 167 MW (46,3%)
http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_electricity_factSheet_march_2012_english.pdf
(Includes power supply map)
http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_ej_settlements_factSheet_april_2012_english.pdf