Tag: Gaza

  • Al-Haq: End the Siege of the Gaza Strip

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ref.: 01.2008E 21 January 2008 On Sunday 20 January 2008, Israel’s ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip, including the blocking of fuel supplies, forced Gaza’s only power plant to shut down, plunging over 800,000 Palestinians into darkness. According to the General-Director of the plant, the shortage of electricity caused by the lack…

  • Ma’an: Gaza Strip’s water, sewage systems to shut down ‘within hours’

    The Gaza Strip’s water and sewage systems are hours away from shutting down as supplies of fuel used to run critical pumps run out, the international aid agency Oxfam said on Monday evening. As of 5pm local time on Monday, only 37 of the 122 water supply pumps have fuel and most will run out…

  • Gaza and the recognition of Israel

    By: Bobby Noe As has been covered in the news extensively, Gaza’s only power plant has shut down as there is no longer any fuel left to run it. 1.5 million people are in darkness and according to a health ministry official the hospitals ” have the choice to either cut electricity on babies in…