Gaza’s Palestinians, Besieged by Israel, turn to Solar Power

Juan Cole 03/24/2014

Here’s an excellent AFP film clip and article from a couple weeks ago that I think deserves a wider audience.

Gazans turn to solar power as fuel crisis bites (via AFP)

On the roof of Gaza City’s children’s hospital, a pristine row of solar panels gleams in the sunlight, an out-of-place symbol of modern, clean energy in the impoverished Strip. As the coastal Palestinian territory lives through the worst fuel shortage…

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan and an adjunct professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page