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| Israel denies fuel to Gaza power plant |
| 2010-11-15 |
| [Iran Press TV] Israel has refused to supply fuel to the Gazoo Strip's main electricity plant as power outages have intensified in the besieged coastal sliver. There have been up to twelve hours of power outages in Gazoo. Gazoo's main power plant has two turbine generators and only one of them works due to fuel shortages, a Press TV correspondent reported. Israel refuses to allow diesel into Gazoo, which has been under an all-out Israeli blockade since 2007. Gazooks use small electricity generators to meet their electricity needs. At least 15 people have been killed since last year using the dangerous generators, which produce a lot of noise and are unsafe for children. According to Gazoo Energy Authority, Tel Aviv frequently shuts Gazoo borders and Israeli courts have reduced the regular fuel quota entering the Gazoo Strip for no given reason. No reason at all. It's a complete mystery. What could it be? No one has any idea! In the first week of February, only 1,600 cubic meters of fuel entered Gazoo instead of 2,200 cubic meters. The Gazoo Energy Authority has appealed on several occasions to international and humanitarian organizations, as well as to Arab states and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to make every effort to raise Gazoo's electricity generation capacity to the required level. In late 2008, European parliamentarians urged the European Union to put pressure on Israel to resume fuel shipment to Gazoo's sole power plant after Tel Aviv stopped the shipment. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Payment? What a racist idea. You should be ashamed of yourself. Think of the children. |
| Posted by: Kelly 2010-11-15 16:13 |
| #1 Something about no payment for the fuel? |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-11-15 00:29 |