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Illustrative: Power lines above the town of Bnei Re'em on April 26 2010. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 6, 2023, 3:41 pm
Smotrich says Israel to withhold millions from PA to repay electricity debt
Finance minister will deduct money from monthly transfers to Ramallah; Palestinian PM pans ‘declaration of financial war and a recipe for explosion’
By Gianluca Pacchiani
A new West Bank power station which Israel has transferred to Palestinian control (IDF Coordinator of Government Activity in the Territories)
October 20, 2020, 9:53 pm
With coordination still suspended, Israel hands three power stations to PA
The West Bank substations join the Palestinians’ first one in Jenin, which the PA began running in 2017; are expected to improve power supply in region
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian electrical workers inspect power installations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on June 25, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)
December 18, 2019, 5:27 pm
Israel cuts power to Palestinian areas of West Bank over debts
Chairman of Palestinian electric company says PA in talks with Israel to arrange repayment of over $500 million and end daily outages
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of an Israel Electric Corporation worker raised by a crane to a utility pole to perform maintenance works, outside Jerusalem on June 10, 2013. (Flash 90)
April 6, 2016, 11:30 am
Electric company reaches deal with Palestinians to halt cuts
PA to hand over NIS 20 million toward NIS 1.7 billion chit, buying week’s respite to negotiate a final settlement
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian Bedouin women from the Ghwain tribe lights a candle in her home south of Hebron in this May 29, 2008 illustrative photo. (Najeh Hashlamoun /Flash90)
April 5, 2016, 8:55 pm
Israel Electric Corporation cuts power to Hebron
IEC continues with program of disrupting supplies to East Jerusalem and West Bank over $460 million Palestinian debt
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of power lines carrying electricity (Nati Shohat/Flash90, File)
April 4, 2016, 8:22 pm
Israel cuts power at second Palestinian city over unpaid debt
PA, Israeli officials say they weren’t informed in advance of Bethlehem outage, which comes days after similar move in Jericho
By Raoul Wootliff and AP
Illustrative photo of power lines carrying electricity (Nati Shohat/Flash90, File)
April 4, 2016, 2:17 pm
Israel Electric Corporation to reduce power to Bethlehem
Move follows temporary reduction of electricity supply to Jericho over Palestinian debt of $451 million
By ToI Staff
An Israel Electric Corporation employee working on an electric line. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
June 24, 2014, 5:16 pm
Electricity cuts felt in East Jerusalem, Ramallah
Palestinian company that provides power to affected areas owes millions to Israel Electric Corporation
By ToI Staff
Director of the Israel Electric Company and former IDF general Yiftach Ron-Tal. (Matanya Tausig/Flash 90)
May 12, 2014, 8:07 pm
Israel electric company sues Palestinians over debt
Palestinian supplier to East Jerusalem, West Bank cities hit with $153 million lawsuit
By AFP
An employee of a Palestinian drug import company prays at the company's warehouse in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The cash crunch, mainly due to a sharp drop in foreign aid since 2011, is threatening to set off a chain reaction of business failures, layoffs and economic downturn that would undermine one of the West's fundamental strategies toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
August 18, 2012, 9:48 pm
Palestinian government debt hurts private sector, causes drug shortage
Cash crunch threatens to set off a chain reaction that would undermine one of the West’s main peace-building strategies
By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh
A Palestinian shopkeeper lights a gas lamp during a power cut at his shop in El-Shatea refugee camp western Gaza city in 2010 (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)
August 15, 2012, 6:52 pm
West Bank power cuts possible, due to $125 million debt
Israel Electricity Company mulls disconnecting service; PA blames cash crunch on reduction of foreign aid
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