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Gaza residents protesting fuel shortages on Tuesday. (AP) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 17:33 07/11/2007 Court demands State explain how it will prevent Gaza crisis By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent tags: Gaza Strip, High Court  The High Court has instructed the State Prosecution to explain within a week how planned cuts to the Gaza Strip's power supply will not a cause a humanitarian crisis to the residents of the coastal territory. The court decided to issue the instruction after justices reviewed petitions presented by several human rights organizations seeking to stop the government's plans to scale back the supply of fuel and electricity to the Strip. The order also requires the state demonstrate that authorities can accurately monitor the impact of their actions. Advertisement Israel began reducing fuel shipments to Gaza nearly two weeks ago, in response to ongoing rocket fire targeting sites in the western Negev. It had planned to periodically cut the coastal territory's electricity supply as well, but Attorney General Menachem Mazuz temporarily nixed the plan. "We know that there is already damage to the energy and civilian infrastructures in Gaza since they reduced the fuel flow to Gaza," Noga Eitan, spokeswoman for the organization "Gisha" said after the court hearing. "We expect the state to lift the embargo." Attorney Dana Briskman, who represented the State Prosecution at the High Court hearing, said that Mazuz did not issue a blanket ban on all plans to reduce Gaza's electrical supply, and that an "alternative plan is being worked on." Briskman said that Mazuz did allow for the limiting of fuel supply to the Strip, and added that cuts to the electrical supply are a future possibility. Briskman asserted that a 15 percent cut in the fuel supply to Gaza "is not a humanitarian crisis and does not come close to being one." Human rights organizations presented the opposite view, maintaining that the cuts in fuel will set a precedent that will let Mazuz okay electricity cuts in a roundabout way, a move that they asserted would lead to a humanitarian crisis. The State Prosecution argued that cuts in Gaza's power supply are appropriate, considering the area is controlled by Hamas, an organization that calls for the destruction of the State of Israel, and is used as a base for militants who launch regular rocket attacks against Negev civilians. Related articles: A moment before the lights go out Gov't defends decision to curb power supply to Gaza Strip Rights groups appeal to court over Gaza fuel cuts Bookmark to del.icio.us And again... Olmert was voted the most corrupt politician for the 2nd year in a row. Political transfer Lieberman wants to outlaw the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee.   1.   THE ONLY SOLUTION: RETAKE GAZA, W.BANK, PUT AN END TO TERROR))))) 17:18  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 07/11/07   2.   Israeli Death Grip 17:26  |  POP 07/11/07   3.   Azerbaijan pressed to cut oil export to Israel 17:29  |  Ahmed 07/11/07   4.   THAT QUESTION SHOULD GO TO HAMAS AND THOSE FIRING KASSAMS 17:35  |  Jorge 07/11/07   5.   What a bunch of sissies. 17:37  |  Mark 07/11/07   6.   answer: by redirecting rocket & entertainment complex funds 18:13  |  frenz 07/11/07   7.   pussies 18:17  |  yon 07/11/07   8.   this article is another comic episode ? 18:17  |  victor hardman 07/11/07   9.   Luckily Israeli judges didnt interfere in the WW2,Nazis`d still 18:34  |  Absolute Sweden 07/11/07   10.   HUman rights interference in military matter 19:00  |  Sabra 07/11/07   11.   Court did not demand State explain how it will prevent.. 19:34  |  Alon -Chiloni 07/11/07   12.   Israeli Death Grip 19:37  |  Alon -Chiloni 07/11/07   13.   To: VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 19:41  |  Mike 07/11/07   14.   Courts and Jurisdiction 20:17  |  Ron 07/11/07   15.   Court demands guarantees Israeli bombs won,t hurt anyone 20:35  |  Ray Disculous 07/11/07   16.   PROTESTING FUEL SHORTAGE? HAMAS MURDER SUPPORTERS! POOR GUYS 20:41  |  John the gentile 07/11/07   17.   Gaza is so green...............and clean too..........of humanism 21:35  |  Genuine Tosefta 07/11/07   18.   yon # 7 21:36  |  frenz 07/11/07   19.   "PA high court orders Hamas to account for Sderot" 22:14  |  Polybios 07/11/07   20.   Dumb and Dumber 22:20  |  Natallie Durson 07/11/07   21.   The only consern the court has is crisis for arabs 23:21  |  TOMY 07/11/07   22.   Natalie on dumb 06:17  |  Lynn 08/11/07   23.   TO TOMY #21 17:20  |  Steve Beikirch 08/11/07

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