Palestine: Palestine's Energy Transformation: How Does Energy Scarcity Intersect with Gender Justice?

Aug 22, 2019 | Madeleine Race, The Ecologist
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Many people in Palestine live with extreme energy scarcity. Local communities have no sovereignty over their energy supply, due to Israeli occupation since 1967.

The Israeli control of energy is a key driver of environmental injustice, or ‘nakba’in Arabic, in addition to toxic waste-dumping, expropriation of water sources and destruction of Palestinian lands under the guise of nature conservation.

Much of the energy in Palestine is imported at high prices, placing a heavy economic burden on poor and marginalised communities which represent approximately half of the population. As supply is neither adequate nor reliable, many communities struggle with just a few hours of power per day.