[WCUSP] : Isr. and Palest. Rights groups petitioned the HC to prevent reduction of Gaza fuel supplies

[yvonne simmons]

--- Adam Keller <otherisr at actcom.co.il> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:46:55 -0700
> From: "Adam Keller" <otherisr at actcom.co.il>
> CC: 
> Subject: Fwd: Isr. and Palest. Rights groups
> petitioned the HC to prevent
> 	reduction of Gaza fuel supplies
> To: intl at mailman.gush-shalom.org
> 
> FYI
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Judith Harel y_harel1 at netvision.net.il
> 
> 
>  *Ynet: *
> *Petition: Prevent reduction of Gaza fuel supplies *
> 
> *Israeli, Palestinian human rights groups say
> sanctions constitute 'the
> collective punishment of a million-and-a-half
> Palestinians' *
>
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3465048,00.html
> 
> 
> Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups
> petitioned the High Court on
> Sunday to issue an interim injunction to delay the
> reduction of fuel and
> electricity supplies to Gaza.
> 
> 
> 
> In the petition, the groups wrote that the move
> constitutes "the collective
> punishment of a million-and-a-half Palestinians."
> 
> **
> 
> According to the plaintiffs, the "illegal" reduction
> of fuel supplies would
> result in "irreversible damage to the health and
> welfare of the residents of
> Gaza.
> 
> 
> 
> "In contrast to claims made by Defense Minister Ehud
> Barak that the
> sanctions would cause limited damage to civilians,
> (we believe) that they
> may cause such large-scale damage that lives would
> be put at risk as a
> result of hospitals having difficulty functioning
> and the damage done to the
> sewage and water systems," the petition read.
> 
> 
> 
> Last Thursday Barak gave the green light to reduce
> the amount of power
> Israel supplies to the Gaza Strip in response to
> Palestinian rocket attacks
> from the Hamas-controlled territory.
> 
> * *
> 
> *'More responsibility on **Israel**'s shoulders'*
> 
> Security sources explained that the decision was not
> part of punitive
> measures, but rather the implementation of Israel's
> gradual disengagement
> from Gaza following Hamas' takeover of the Strip.
> The petitioners claimed
> that the decision was in violation of international
> law, which they said
> strictly forbids collective punishment.
> 
> The human rights groups said Gaza 's dependency on
> Israel for electricity
> was the result of the Jewish State's "direct control
> over the Strip for the
> past 38 years.
> 
> 
> 
> "Israel made certain that only a limited local
> electrical infrastructure
> would be built in Gaza (43% of the overall
> electricity consumption), and a
> year after the disengagement, Israel destroyed the
> local power plant," they
> said.
> 
> According to the plaintiffs, this manner of conduct
> places even more
> responsibility on Israel's shoulders towards the
> residents of Gaza,
> "especially with regards to supplying electricity."
> 
>  *Cutting short **Gaza** fuel deliveries as of
> Saturday  27.102007*
> 
> 
> 
> *Media Analysis *
> 
> (Based on Israeli media sources – see below)
> 
> 
> 
> *In short:*
> 
> Dor Alon, the Israeli energy company that sells fuel
> to Gaza , confirmed
> Sunday that it had received instructions from the
> Defense Ministry to reduce
> fuel shipments to the GS.
> 
>             ·        On Saturday 27.10.2007, a
> reduction of 40-50 percent
> was recorded in the supply of diesel   fuel  and a
> decrease of 12% in fuel
> for the Gaza power station has been reported.
> 
>    - On Sunday 28.10.2007 were more than 30 percent
> below normal. He said
>    Israel delivered 200,000 liters of diesel fuel,
> compared to 350,000
>    liters on a normal day, and 90,000 liters of
> gasoline, instead of the
>    regular supply of 150,000 liters.
>    - Gaza's power plant received a full supply of
> fuel on Sunday,
>    officials with the European-funded fuel supply
> program confirmed.
>    - On Sunday, truck drivers at Gaza 's main fuel
> depot complained that
>    they were unable to fill their tankers, and some
> drivers said they were
>    turned away altogether.
>    - On Sunday Gaza residents have begun to form
> lines at gasoline
>    stations, stocking up for the imminent shortage.
>    - Intermittent power outages were also reported
> along the Strip, but
>    it is not yet clear whether these outages are
> already a result of the latest
>    fuel shortcuts.
> 
> 
> 
> Based on the following Israeli media sources:
> 
> *1. **Israel** begins cutting deliveries of vital
> fuel supplies to **Gaza***
> 
> *Last update – Oct 28, /2007 **17:48 ***
> 
> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/917718.html
> 
> 
> 
> *2. Israeli energy company: Fuel cuts to **Gaza**
> implemented*
> 
> *Last update-  **Oct 28, 2007** **15:53** *
> 
>
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1192380665430&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
> 
> * *
> 
> *3. **Israel** reduces fuel supplies to **Gaza***
> 
>
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3464869,00.html
> 
> * *
> 
> * *
> 
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