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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
UN official warns ‘devastating’ crisis in Gaza could come back to haunt Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA UN official warns the current energy crisis in Gaza is having a devastating effect on the local population, and could come back to haunt Israel.
Nickolay Mladenov, the UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, says that while Israel has no immediate role to play in solving the crisis, it should do its utmost to improve conditions for the citizens of the coastal strip.
“Of all the issues we deal with — the peace process, Palestinian institution building, the region — this is the one issue that keeps me up at night,” Mladenov tells reporters in his Jerusalem office.
“The effects of the crisis are devastating,” he adds. “And all of this, at the end of the day, will come back to Israel’s doorstep.”
— Raphael Ahren
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