{"id":3894,"date":"2014-10-03T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:58:21","slug":"epalestine-972tpm-why-must-gaza-wait-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2014\/10\/epalestine-972tpm-why-must-gaza-wait-in\/","title":{"rendered":"+972\/TPM: Why must Gaza wait in the dark?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>+972 Blog<\/p>\n<p>Published October 3, 2014<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Why must Gaza wait in the dark?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Separating Gaza&#8217;s electricity supply from the political conflict is a step long overdue.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Sam Bahour<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" id=\"attachment_97184\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/static1.972mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/10\/006-ActiveStills14101236717ojbd.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Palestians gather near a fire in the At-Tuffah district of Gaza City, which was heavily damaged by Israeli attacks during the latest offensive, Gaza City, September 6, 2014.\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.972mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/10\/006-ActiveStills14101236717ojbd.jpg\" height=\"265\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Palestinians gather near a fire in the At-Tuffah district<br \/>\n of Gaza City, which was   heavily&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">damaged by Israeli attacks during the<br \/>\n latest offensive, Gaza   City, September 6, 2014.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>When I asked my colleague in Gaza about her biggest dream, her answer   made an impression on me: &#8220;I dream of what life would be like with   24-hour electricity.&#8221; This was the answer of a single, mid-career,   western educated, professional woman who lives in the more affluent part   of Gaza City. Her response suggests the depth of despair among   Palestinians throughout Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Day-to-day life in Gaza between Israeli attacks is unworthy news for   Western mainstream media. As a result, few people are aware that   electricity in Gaza is a luxury, with blackouts lasting 16-18   hours\u2014every day. This bitter reality has warped people&#8217;s lives for years   now, as they must plan their daily activities around the four-six hours   when they anticipate electricity, even if that means waking up to put   laundry in the washing machine in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n<p>READ ON AND\/OR COMMENT AT:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/why-must-gaza-wait-in-the-dark\/\">https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/why-must-gaza-wait-in-the-dark\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Gaza-in-the-dark-TPM\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/Gaza-in-the-dark-TPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>ARABIC:&nbsp;<a  href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\/Why_must_Gaza_wait_in_the_dark_Ar.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">www.epalestine.ps\/Why_must_Gaza_wait_in_the_dark_Ar.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>HEBREW: <a href=\"http:\/\/mekomit.co.il\/%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9A\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/mekomit.co.il\/%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9A\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Everything about this list:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine<\/p>\n<p>To subscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p>\n<p>To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>+972 Blog Published October 3, 2014 Why must Gaza wait in the dark? Separating Gaza&#8217;s electricity supply from the political conflict is a step long overdue. By Sam Bahour Palestinians gather near a fire in the At-Tuffah district of Gaza City, which was heavily&nbsp; damaged by Israeli attacks during the latest offensive, Gaza City, September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[942],"tags":[617,618,633,48,40,158],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-3894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sams-writings","tag-gazaunderattack","tag-palestineunderattack","tag-electricity","tag-gaza","tag-israeli-occupation","tag-occupied-territories"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10276,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions\/10276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}