I posted this thread in June explaining why
#Israel
's right-wing government approved the development of the
#GazaMarine
gas field after 20 years. It was just one example of increased cooperation between Israel and Hamas in the past year, which included the
#Gas4Gaza
project. 🧵->
Last week, Israel quietly approved the development of “Gaza Marine”, a small offshore gas field near Gaza that will serve the Palestinian Authority (and Hamas) both for revenue and energy independence. Why was it approved, and how does this relate to the Lebanon deal? A thread.
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The Gas for Gaza (G4G) project was meant to significantly improve the electricity supply in Gaza by providing it with subsidized gas from Israel, converting its power plant from diesel to natural gas, and upgrading its capacity (from 65MW to 600MW). EU committed 20m€ to this ->
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The Office of the Quartet (
@QuartetOffice
) was also working closely with Israel to approve a new 161kV line into Gaza that would add 100MW of electricity from Israel, in addition to the 125MW Israel already provides to Gaza via 10 interconnections ->
Following
#Israel
's decision to cut the
#electricity
supply to
#Gaza
, I'm sharing a short informational thread with background on Gaza's electricity sector and the consequences of the supply cut: In times of peace, 50% of the electricity in Gaza is provided by Israel for free ->
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I focused here only on energy projects, but these are added to many other initiatives from the past year intended to create trust-building measures between Israel and Hamas. It includes more work permits given to Gazans to come and work in Israel. ->
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Adding to this are increased reports on Israeli-Egyptian negotiations regarding a dedicated harbor for Gaza in the port of El-Arish. These plans resurfaced after Hamas was seen as helping Israel during its operation in Gaza against the Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group in May 2023 ->
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All of these projects, designed to improve the lives of Gazans, will likely be substantially postponed or canceled altogether so long as Hamas is in place. Perhaps more than anything, they demonstrate how Israel's concept of what Hamas wants from it has been shattered. end.
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@ElaiRettig
Thank you for posting this! I think not many people knew about these significant developments!
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@ElaiRettig
We were naive, I worked on 2021 metro Tel Aviv with 30 Gazans onsite. One was fired because he was rude to me, QA engineer ( he did not take orders from a woman, he said). Really sad that we were in danger, due to be too trustful.
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