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Gaza power plant shuts down over PA tax spat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Gaza Strip’s sole power plant has halted production, the Hamas-run energy authority says, in the latest dispute with the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority over fuel tax.
“The levying of fuel taxes by the finance ministry in Ramallah is preventing the (Hamas) energy authority from running the power station,” a statement from the authority says.
The PA must “lift all taxes on fuel” to get the plant up and running, it says.
Relations between Islamist movement Hamas and the PA, which is dominated by bitter rival group Fatah, are at rock bottom despite an April 2014 agreement that installed a unity government and was meant to centralize administration of the Palestinian territories.
— AFP
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