Published: 23 October 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
The reason given to Haaretz is that the solar panels were installed without the required permits. At the end of September, the confiscated panels were returned.
The reason, as written by Civil Administration head to the lawyers who filed a High Court petition in August against the confiscation: “Given the circumstances of the matter – for one, the period of time that passed from when they were installed until they were taken – I have decided to immediately release the seized objects.” The decision rendered the petition unnecessary.
On October 3, a team from Comet-ME, which had built the hybrid system, reinstalled the panels and reconnected them to the rest of the system, after they were released unconditionally from the Civil Administration warehouses in Gush Etzion.
FULL STORY Electricity returns to Palestinian village, three months after Israel confiscates power (Haaretz)
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Photo: Electricity returns to Palestinian village Jubbet Adh-Dhib (Emil Salman)
