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Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Mar-05/289723-gaza-power-plant-shuts-down-over-palestinian-tax-dispute.ashx

Internal Palestinian Tax Dispute Shuts Down Gaza Power Plant

(AFP) Gaza's sole power plant has halted production, the Hamas-run energy authority said Thursday, following a dispute over fuel tax payments to the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority. In December, Qatar donated $10 million to the PA to cover the tax, but that money has dried up, and the PA is insisting Hamas begin paying the tax again.

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