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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-orders-power-grid-hookup-for-illegal-outpost-after-terror-attack/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/01/F180110MA14-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="View of the West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad, January 10, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)" title="View of the West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad, January 10, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">January 11, 2018, 7:56 pm</div>
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								PM orders illegal outpost hooked up to power grid after terror attack							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-orders-power-grid-hookup-for-illegal-outpost-after-terror-attack/">Settlers downplay move as 'spin' and call on Netanyahu to legalize Havat Gilad</a>
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							By <a title="Jacob Magid" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jacob-magid/">Jacob Magid</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-months-of-cuts-israel-to-increase-electricity-to-gaza-at-pas-request/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2013/11/F130919ARK01-e1383303485914-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Palestinian children do their homework by candlelight in their family home, during a power cut in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 18, 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)" title="Palestinian children do their homework by candlelight in their family home, during a power cut in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 18, 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">January 7, 2018, 8:29 pm</div>
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								After months of cuts, Israel to increase electricity to Gaza at PA’s request							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-months-of-cuts-israel-to-increase-electricity-to-gaza-at-pas-request/">Israel to restore supply to 120 megawatts, returning enclave to its regular program of 6-8 hours of power daily </a>
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							By <a title="Dov Lieber" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/dov-lieber/">Dov Lieber</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-to-resume-full-payments-for-gaza-electricity-amid-reconciliation-bid/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/06/000_PJ1S7-e1497412694686-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A picture taken on June 13, 2017, shows Palestinian children at home reading books by candle light due to electricity shortages in Gaza City. (AFP/ THOMAS COEX)" title="A picture taken on June 13, 2017, shows Palestinian children at home reading books by candle light due to electricity shortages in Gaza City. (AFP/ THOMAS COEX)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">January 3, 2018, 4:49 pm</div>
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								PA to resume full payments for Gaza electricity amid reconciliation bid							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-to-resume-full-payments-for-gaza-electricity-amid-reconciliation-bid/">Abbas had cut supply to pressure Hamas; restoration will see the enclave return to its regular program of 6-8 hours of electricity daily   </a>
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							By <a title="Dov Lieber" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/dov-lieber/">Dov Lieber</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/this-is-what-puerto-rico-looks-like-50-days-after-hurricane-maria/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/11/IMG_4001-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="This man lives in a nursing home that has not had power since Hurricane Irma. (Marissa Roer via JTA)" title="This man lives in a nursing home that has not had power since Hurricane Irma. (Marissa Roer via JTA)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">November 10, 2017, 8:51 am</div>
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								This is what Puerto Rico looks like 50 days after Hurricane Maria							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/this-is-what-puerto-rico-looks-like-50-days-after-hurricane-maria/">Local Jewish community and UJA-Federation try to help those still without power or essentials after devastating storm</a>
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							By <a title="Josefin Dolsten" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/josefin-dolsten/">Josefin Dolsten</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-party-proposes-kosher-electricity-plan/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2016/08/F090510YZ04-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="An Israel Electric Corporation power plant situated on the Mediterranean coast in Hadera, Israel. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)" title="An Israel Electric Corporation power plant situated on the Mediterranean coast in Hadera, Israel. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">August 6, 2017, 8:41 pm</div>
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								Ultra-Orthodox party proposes ‘kosher’ electricity plan							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-party-proposes-kosher-electricity-plan/">United Torah Judaism plan would build small power stations that are disconnected from the national grid on Shabbat</a>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-deal-with-israel-pa-takes-historic-step-toward-energy-independence/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/07/power-ribbon-e1499674584934-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Israel&#039;s National Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz (wearing red tie) and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah cut the ribbon to mark the first ever commercial agreement between the Israeli and Palestinian energy companies to increase provision in the West Bank area of Jenin, July 10, 2017. Yoav Mordechai, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, stands behind Steinitz,
 with Yiftach Ron Tal, Israel Electric Corporation head, on the far right.(Yossi Weiss)." title="Israel&#039;s National Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz (wearing red tie) and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah cut the ribbon to mark the first ever commercial agreement between the Israeli and Palestinian energy companies to increase provision in the West Bank area of Jenin, July 10, 2017. Yoav Mordechai, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, stands behind Steinitz,
 with Yiftach Ron Tal, Israel Electric Corporation head, on the far right.(Yossi Weiss)." /></a>
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								In deal with Israel, PA takes ‘historic’ step toward energy independence							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-deal-with-israel-pa-takes-historic-step-toward-energy-independence/">Turning on first completely Palestinian-owned and -managed substation, Israeli energy ministry and PA premier hail cooperation</a>
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							By <a title="Dov Lieber" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/dov-lieber/">Dov Lieber</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/sweltering-heat-drives-electricity-demands-to-record-high/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/07/F170703MA90-e1499103220271-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Israelis and tourists enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv, on a hot summer day, July 3, 2017. A new survey finds that they are optimistic and largely satisfied with their lives. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)" title="Israelis and tourists enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv, on a hot summer day, July 3, 2017. A new survey finds that they are optimistic and largely satisfied with their lives. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">July 3, 2017, 9:42 pm</div>
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