By: Marian Houk

Marian Houk — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:16:46 +0000

Apparently, under the terms of the Cabinet decision branding Gaza and “enemy entity”, Mazuz must review sanctions. Haaretz is reporting this evening that “Israel began on Sunday reducing fuel shipments to Gaza in response to militant rocket fire on the western Negev. It also had planned to periodically cut the coastal territory’s electricity supply, but Attorney General Menachem Mazuz temporarily nixed the plan on Monday …
Mazuz on Monday prohibited cutting off electricity to parts of the Strip for the time being following a petition submitted by 10 human rights organizations, asking the High Court of Justice not to allow punitive measures against the Gaza Strip’s population. The petitioners argued that the decision to cut off vital power supplies was illegal and was likely to harm the innocent civilian population in the embattled coastal strip. Mazuz decided that Israel has the right to sever economic and commercial ties with the Gaza Strip, which Jerusalem last month declared a ‘hostile territory’. However, in regard to halting the electricity supply, the attorney general said that further consideration would be required before such a measure could be implemented without violating the prime minister’s promise last week ‘not to cause a humanitarian crisis’ in Gaza.
Israel’s defense establishment has expressed plans to cut electricity by 1 per cent – or 15 minutes each day – to those areas in the Strip from where the rockets are fired, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. Israel began Sunday reducing its weekly supply of vital gasoline to Gaza by 15 percent and of diesel by 13 percent. But, Dror said, Israel would not touch the supply of crude diesel to Gaza’s main power plant, which used up some 1.74 litres a week.”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/918171.html

By: Shlomo

Shlomo — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:37:47 +0000

The human rights groups were successful in preventing Israel from shutting of electricity in Gaza, to learn more about these groups and their influence see NGO Monitor: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/index.php

By: david friedlander

david friedlander — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:13:07 +0000

Can you explain to me why Israel should supply energy to its enemy? Should Israel also send in tootsie rolls and flowers?
You elected Hamas. You do nothing about the Kassam rockets, so you will pay. This is a very simple equation and it behooves you to digest it.

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