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Mar 2023
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Confronting Energy Poverty in Gaza with ...

Al-shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
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Asmaa Abu Mezied joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the energy crisis in Gaza, situating it within the context of the Israeli regime’s unrelenting blockade and repeated attacks on the besieged enclave. Abu Mezied also explains how the international community is complicit in maintaining this unlivable status quo.

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