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Erdan calls to cut Gaza power to avoid shortages in Israel

By JPOST.COM STAFF

MAY 13, 2012 10:53

Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan on Sunday called on the government to cut off the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip in order to avoid electricity shortages it is feared could affect Israel this summer.

Speaking in an interview with Army Radio, Erdan said that Gaza has its own power stations and legally, it is not clear that Israel is responsible for supplying power to Gaza. Gaza's power plant provides electricity to two-thirds of its population. Power is also supplied to the Gaza grid through power lines from Israel and Egypt.

Erdan said that it is "absurd" that Israel should experience power shortages while the "terror entity next to us will get electricity that they don't pay for."

The environmental protection minister said that the four percent of power supplied to Gaza could prevent outages in Israel at times of peak usage.

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