By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Maybe you've heard of the Electricity Intifada. It is the conflict in Gaza being waged between the people and the leadership of Hamas. Youth in Gaza are up in arms that there is not enough electricity. It is the middle of the cold, wet, winter and there is not enough heat or even light for the people living in Gaza.
Many homes are lit with candles.
As if the lack of electricity was not enough, now we are seeing another dangerous crisis emerging.
There is not enough fresh water to drink in Gaza.
The aquifer that services Gaza has been contaminated by sewage and the water is not drinkable. Only two of the three desalination stations are functioning and they are not producing enough drinking water.
Contamination sewage needs to be filtered before it can be released into the water system and Gazans are still waiting for at least two large desalination facilities that are being built by the EU and the UN to be completed.
Life in Gaza was never good, now it's even worse.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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