European Union stops paying for Gaza’s electricity
Because they think Hamas is siphoning off the cash:
On Sunday, the European Union stopped funding fuel for the power plant that produces electricity for at least 700,000 Gazans. On Monday, it said the payments would not resume because it had information that Hamas was “diverting” electricity revenues.“We are ready to resume our support to the Gaza power plant within hours once we receive the appropriate assurances that all the funds will be exclusively used for the benefit of the Gaza population,” the European Commission — the EU’s executive branch — said in a statement.
posted Aug 20, 2007, 6:07pm by Rodolpho Carrasco
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