Report: Palestinian Authority to Stop Funding Gaza Utilities

[Asharq Alawsat-UK] Kifah Zaboun - Authoritative sources in Fatah say the Palestinian leadership has decided to stop paying Gaza's electricity, water, and fuel bills to the Israelis and thereby stop financing the Hamas coup in the Strip. The sources said: "We are paying a heavy price to the Israelis for everything that enters Gaza and Hamas seizes them and then we are accused of participating in the blockade. We believe this farce should end and Hamas must shoulder its responsibility toward the people over whom it has installed itself."


2009-08-07 06:00:00

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