Re: Jerusalem
Correct .... as far as it goes.
The PA restricted their payment of electric to 70% of the bill ..... and this is generally seen as a bid to put pressure on Hamas.
The problem turned into a three-way conflab when the IEC (Israeli state owned) refused to cover the shortfall of 30% and reduced the electricity supply, a move given the green light by Netanyahu's Security Council.
Various solutions present themselves.
May 1st this year .... Israel has signed a 15 year deal with the PA to transfer control of electricity to them. This will involved building 4 power stations. Cost to the PA ... $775 million.
In addition to ... a 915-million-shekel debt to the state-owned utility Israel Electric Corp .
The deal does not apply to the Gaza Strip, whose two million Palestinians suffer frequent blackouts due to severe fuel shortages and continued power-sharing disputes between Gaza’s Islamist Hamas rulers and the West Bank-based PA.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-i...-idUSKBN1I23QP
Whilst it's obviously a good sign that the PA are putting pressure on Hamas .... it seems a shame the Israeli's having the choice of helping the PA and been seen to build bridges with them ... or making a fiscal killing and a poke in the eye, appear to have opted for the latter.