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Why Is the Palestinian Authority Punishing Gaza?

Abbas’s decision to adopt Israel’s strategy of collectively punishing the people of Gaza, for political gain, is not the act of a president, but of a coward.

May 05, 2017
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by Matthew DeMaio

On April 25, the Palestinian Authority (PA) informed the Israeli military administration for the occupied Palestinian territories that it would no longer pay the 11 million dollars Israel charges it for the Gaza Strip’s electricity.

The decision marks an escalation in the Fatah-led PA’s rivalry with the Gaza-based Hamas party. One in a s…

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