Last night the BBC reported: PARTS of the Gaza Strip were still suffering power cuts overnight after the European Union suspended the financing of fuel deliveries for the impoverished territory's only power plant.
Here is how it works:
The Gaza Generating Company supplies the Gaza Strip with about 25% of its electricity, while the rest comes from Israel's Electric Company or Egypt (Rafah and Khan Younis get their electricity from Egypt).
The catch:
The Gaza Generating Company cannot operate without getting fuel from Israel, so technically while we think we supply 25% of our electricity, Israel actually has full control of our electricity, including those in Rafah and Khan Younis. Two days ago, the Gaza Company shut three of its four generators because there was not enough fuel to supply all four of its generators.
Last night, it shut the last (the fourth) generator, as it did not receive fuel from Israel, for the border remains closed. But that’s the 25% of the electricity. What happened to the other 75% of electricity that comes from Israel and why is there a black out in Gaza? Israel is cutting it off on Gaza to save it for its people, especially since the temperature is high and there is a heat wave, after all the people of Israel have to be air-conditioned and fanned. They get full access to electricity while we sleep on top of one another in the heat without electricity, fans or water (water cannot be pumped up without electricity).
How does this effect Rafah and Khan Younis who get their electricity from Egypt?
Electricity has to distributed, so Egypt has to alternate between Rafah the Khan Younis. Rafah gets electricity for a couple of hours, then shuts up to give some to Gaza City, then to Khan Younis, then that shuts off to give some to Bens Hala, and so on and so forth. Hence Gaza's black out.
Collective Punishment: is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behavior of one or more other individuals or groups.
Here is how it works:
The Gaza Generating Company supplies the Gaza Strip with about 25% of its electricity, while the rest comes from Israel's Electric Company or Egypt (Rafah and Khan Younis get their electricity from Egypt).
The catch:
The Gaza Generating Company cannot operate without getting fuel from Israel, so technically while we think we supply 25% of our electricity, Israel actually has full control of our electricity, including those in Rafah and Khan Younis. Two days ago, the Gaza Company shut three of its four generators because there was not enough fuel to supply all four of its generators.
Last night, it shut the last (the fourth) generator, as it did not receive fuel from Israel, for the border remains closed. But that’s the 25% of the electricity. What happened to the other 75% of electricity that comes from Israel and why is there a black out in Gaza? Israel is cutting it off on Gaza to save it for its people, especially since the temperature is high and there is a heat wave, after all the people of Israel have to be air-conditioned and fanned. They get full access to electricity while we sleep on top of one another in the heat without electricity, fans or water (water cannot be pumped up without electricity).
How does this effect Rafah and Khan Younis who get their electricity from Egypt?
Electricity has to distributed, so Egypt has to alternate between Rafah the Khan Younis. Rafah gets electricity for a couple of hours, then shuts up to give some to Gaza City, then to Khan Younis, then that shuts off to give some to Bens Hala, and so on and so forth. Hence Gaza's black out.
Collective Punishment: is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behavior of one or more other individuals or groups.
Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, collective punishment is a war crime. Article 33 of the Fourth Convention states: "No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed," and "collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited."
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