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Palestinian electricity theft target of morality campaign
The Media Line
Published: 18.07.13, 08:17
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1. Long-running scandal of stolen electricity
Israeli grandma   (07.18.13)
Bright lights are burning all night all over Judea and Samaria in areas A, B and C, Arab villages and towns, can be seen by every traveller. Before the Olso Accords, most villages were tiny, and lit by flickering lights powered by oil or home generators. In no other country does the public get free electricity - you dont pay your bill, you get cut off! Why should the PA areas be different. If Abbas and his kleptocrats cant even get orderly payment of water and electric bills organised, it is ludicrous to pretend that he should have an independent state to run.
2. LOL!!!
Jenny ,   NY USA   (07.18.13)
The terms "morality" and "Palestinians" or even "Arab" or "Persian" in the same sentence... Give me a break! Hrumph....
3. Commercials
Dennis ,   Nj USA   (07.18.13)
I guess thy need to hear: "yoter Amal, pachot cheshmal"
4. Pal electricity payments.
Noel Nesor ,   Israel   (07.18.13)
Sad story indeed. LOL Perhaps Abu Mazen could throw something in to the kitty. After all he is reputed to receive a salary of more than 100 times any other leader of ANY democracy and to be personally worth more than 100.000,000 Euros. Now that's a real fat cat.
5. Theft of Electricity
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.18.13)
“Ramadan has always proven to be a good month where you can invoke certain moral and religious high ground messaging because people tend to be more aware and more worried about certain (negative) behaviors. So advertisements urging people not to steal electricity is a very soft way to invoke the conscience of the people.” How's it going so far? Bedouins do it all the time, too. You see those ramshackle tents and shacks -- disgusting eyesores -- and each and every one has a huge satellite dish and power lines which tap into Israel's electricity carriers.
6. just pull the plug, thieves need to pay up.
ghostq   (07.18.13)
7. End ALL obscene Israeli support for evil Fictional Palestine
Chaim ,   Israel   (07.18.13)
Never before, in all of human history, has a state voluntarily supported its enemies. Let every sane Israeli demand the IMMEDIATE, PERMANENT end of all Israeli support for our genocidal foes of evil Fictional Palestine. No more food. No more materials. No more money. No more electricity. NOTHING for Fictional Palestine!
8. The numbers tell something interesting...
Yoni ,   Petah Tikva, Israel   (07.21.13)
Two quotes from the article: (1) "Every year, (the Palestinian Authority) purchases as much as $251 million worth of electricity from Israel to the benefit of 230,000 customers amounting to 1.5 million people," (2) "While the monthly bill to the Jerusalem District company from the Israel Electric Company, which provides 90% of the power consumed in the PA" This means that the number of Arabs in the palestinian authority (including at least some of the Arab neighbourhoods of Jerusalem) amounts to 1.5 million inhabitants. In the same area there are close to 400,000 Jews, and counting the "over-the-green-line Jerusalem neighbourhoods, approx 700,000 Jews. Thus the Jews already form one third of the over-the-green-line inhabitants; and thank G-d this proportion is changing every year in favour of the Jews!
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