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How Gaza’s electricity crisis could spell trouble for Israel

A Palestinian boy cools off during a heat wave at the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, July 2, 2017. (AFP/Getty Images)

  JERUSALEM (JTA) –  An internal Palestinian dispute has left Gaza’s nearly 2 million Palestinian residents dangerously vulnerable to a heat wave, but Israel could get burned, too. The West Bank Palestinian Authority has recently spearheaded a sharp reduction of electricity to the coastal enclave with Israel’s cooperation, resulting… Read more »