Indeed, between 2010 and 2020, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza increased their imports Addressing the complexities of the energy crisis in of electricity from the Israeli regime by 56%, Gaza is beyond the scope of this policy brief. [...] despite consuming the lowest levels—which, in turn, exacerbates their financial burdens.1 A Closer Look at the Electricity Crisis “However essential donor Structural Issues aid may be for Palestinians in In 2020, 83.8% of the electricity supply in the West Gaza, the absence of a plan Bank and Gaza, and almost all its fuel demand, to orient these investments was imported from the Israeli regime. [...] In protraction of the Israeli siege.” Gaza specifically, electricity from GPGC constituted just 35% of purchased electricity in 2020, while The Vicious Cycle of Donor Aid the rest was imported from the Israeli regime.2 The besieged enclave’s electricity supply from the GPGC The international community’s refusal to hold the is contingent on the availability of funds to purchase Israeli regime accou. [...] Households register the From 2006 to 2009, the EU provided the GPGC with highest percentage of electricity consumption fuel, while Qatar and Turkey offered grants to cover (60.69%) compared to the industrial, transport, and the cost of industrial diesel and the blue tax the Israeli commercial sectors. [...] As a result, Palestinians example, some companies exploit the crisis to justify are increasingly relying on electrical appliances, such as refusing to employ women under the pretext that they fans and air conditioning units, to alleviate the stifling would not be able to work night shifts in the event of heat in the summers, and on heating units to survive a power outage during the day.
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