Friday, April 28, 2017

Big Schism in Palestinian Territories: Palestinian Authority ‘stops paying Israel for Gaza electricity’


Palestinian Authority ‘stops paying Israel for Gaza electricity’
The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority has told Israel that it will stop paying for electricity supplied to the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials say. 
There was no confirmation from the PA. But President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened “unprecedented steps” to end the political division with the rival Hamas movement, which dominates Gaza. 
Hamas called Thursday’s move “a grave escalation and an act of madness”.
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1 comment:

Redneck Texan said...

Maybe Hamas' sugar daddies in Iran and the Gulf will pick up the tab and start writing checks to Israel for their brothers in Gaza.