Palestinians Aren’t Paying Israel for Electricity – Niv Elis and Lahav Harkov (Jerusalem Post)

(Daily Alert)

    Israeli Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom on Thursdaythreatened to cut off Israel’s electric supply to the Palestinian Authority if it did not pay its massive debts.

    “They have over a billion shekels [$282 million] of debt and they’ll need to pay them,” he said. “We sent them a letter this week and if they don’t give the right response, we will be forced to act.”