The Israel Electric Corporation says it is cutting power to several Palestinian cities in the West Bank, citing the Palestinian electric company’s outstanding debt, which it says amounts to $519 million.
According to Reuters, the IEC says it has been cutting power for three hours every day since Sunday and that it is “determined to collect the debt but disconnects the power in a reasonable and proportionate way.”
Hisham Omari, the head of the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO), the main Palestinian electric company, says there have been afternoon power outages affecting some 130,000 people in Ramallah and Bethlehem.
“When you have no electricity, there is no life. You stop life, you stop work, you feel the winter cold, for three hours,” Omari is quoted as saying.
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