Report: Palestinians skeptical over peace talks

The Washington Report- ...Because the amount of fuel allowed into Gaza is not sufficient to operate the electrical transformers at full capacity, electricity shortages have became part of daily life here. Gaza's electricity distribution company in Gaza is forced to ration electricity by area. Some households know at what time they will have power, others can only guess from day to day, but the formula is the same: the power is only on for 6 hours a day, and off for 12 to 16 hours.

...In the opinion of Mohammed Al Jamal, whose home in Rafah was destroyed in a January 2009 Israeli missile attack during Operation Cast Lead, participants in the so-called peace talks seem more concerned with waving to the cameras, while "Gaza homeless are waiting for international community action." Little has changed in the 19 years since the Oslo agreement, he notes—except that Israel now "exercises even greater control over our lives." Read more