The illegal hookups are causing short circuits and outages in Arab towns, during the cold winter.
The debt reached approximately half a billion dollars before the PA began paying some of it off
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The PA's electric bill debt is currently around half a billion US dollars.
By JNi.Media
The Palestinian Authority's accumulated unpaid bills have risen to over 2.2 billion shekels.
By JNi.Media
Israel was rebuked this month by the World Bank for ruining the PA economy by, essentially, withholding money it is rightfully due.
The wise men of Chelm have a nifty solution to pay off Palestinian Authority debts for electricity. Use funds collected for the PA or use US aid? Nope. Just make Israelis pay more for electricity.