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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2026648720070820
EU Cuts Fuel Supply to Gaza Pending Hamas Assurances
[Reuters] Adam Entous - The EU said on Monday it would not resume paying for fuel shipments to Gaza's main power plant until it received assurances Hamas would not tax electricity to fund its government. Gaza's power plant shut down operations on Sunday, causing blackouts across large parts of the territory after the EU stopped paying for fuel provided by a private Israeli company. EU officials said they feared Hamas would try to use the power plant - and the revenues generated from EU taxpayer-funded fuel - to bypass a crippling Western boycott and finance its government. The EU has been paying for fuel shipments to the Gaza power plant since 2006.