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Two years after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023, Israel continues its brutal military assault in Gaza. But long before the current conflict, Israeli strikes on infrastructure, control over fuel, and precarious grid access made electricity a flashpoint. This episode is about how energy became another weapon of war, how electrical power begets political power, and what it means when both can be switched off at a moment's notice.
Special thanks to:
Ghada Abdulfattah https://muckrack.com/ghada-abdulfattah/articles
Michael Barron, author of The Gaza Marine Story: The Politics and Intrigue Behind Palestine’s Untapped Gas Wealth
Ariel Ezrahi, author of https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/An-energy-and-sustainability-road-map-for-the-Middle-East.pdf
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