Minister of Environmental Affairs Gilad Erdan stated on Sunday morning, that if Israel will be facing an electric shortage, electricity to Gaza should be cut off to prevent blackouts.

�We are not talking about sanctions against Gaza, and certainly not against its residents, but an act taken as a result of need, since �the poor of one�s city comes first��

Erdan stated it is simply not reasonable for us to endure electric outages while Gaza�s �Hamas terrorist regime� continues to receive electricity. He added �we pulled out years ago and we are not responsible for what occurs there�.

Erdan explains that 4.5% of Israel Electric Company�s electricity goes to Gaza.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)