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8 April 2010 |
| The power of nature | |
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"Poor and marginalised, the inhabitants of the Palestinian village of Susya in the occupied West Bank are denied access to the most basic essentials of life - power and water. But now, aided by peace activists, they have been able to harness wind and sun to generate their own green energy. Rachel Shabi witnesses its liberating effect.
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26 March 2010 |
| Mit Solar- und Windenergie gegen die Verdrängung | |
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"Auf den Hügeln südlich von Hebron, ganz im Süden der Westbank, leben mehrere Tausende palästinensische Bauern und Hirten in Zelten, Hütten und Höhlen. Sie leben hier in bitterer Armut, zumal sie seit den frühen 80er Jahren von israelischen Siedlern be- und verdrängt werden. Mancher Familienverbund lebt hier seit dem 19. Jahrhundert, andere flüchteten hierher während des Kriegs 1948 aus dem heutigen Israel.
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9 November 2009 |
| SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY FOR THE BEDOUINS SOUTH OF HEBRON | Dan Rabinowitz |
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"Noam and Elad are creating a moving synergy.
On the one hand, they push solar and wind energy,
which are of course the natural, simple and commonsensical
solution to the problem of energy in the Middle East as well as
in poor community in many other regions..." |
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4 November 2009 |
| Revolution im Westjordanland - Mit Solarstrom in die Neuzeit | |
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"Es ist einer der seltenen Tage im Süden der Westbank,
an denen sich die Sonne öfter hinter dicke Wolken verzieht.
Dafür bläst kräftiger Wind über die kargen Hügel..." |
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2 November 2009 |
| Alles ist erleuchtet | |
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"Lange lebten die Menschen im palästinensischen Susya im Dunkeln - bis drei Israelis ihnen Strom schenkten..." |
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1 November 2009 |
| Israelis Show the Light to Palestinian Herders | |
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"Hundreds of impoverished Palestinian herders and farmers
living in caves and tents in a remote area of the Palestinian
West Bank have been provided free electricity due to the ingenuity
of two Israeli physicists..." |
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| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 9 October 2009 |
| Israelis Bring Green Power to West Bank Village | |
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"Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity
have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors --
a group of Israelis who installed solar panels and wind turbines
to illuminate the Palestinians' makeshift homes..." |
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7 October 2009 |
| Bringing Power to West Bank ?Cave Dwellers? | |
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"Palestinians living in the West Bank village of Susiya live in
tents and caves with no running water or electricity. Power lines run
over their heads to provide electricity to a nearby Jewish settlement
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1 October 2009 |
| West Bank village goes renewable | |
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"Until recently, the only electricity that residents of a
West Bank village saw were the lights of nearby Jewish settlements
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18 September 2009 |
| Off the Grid in the Middle East | |
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"My mother often says that it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
A landmark project in the occupied
territories of the West Bank is doing one better: turning on the lights
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03 September 2009 |
| More light in the tent! How Palestinians and Israelis are working very practically for better living conditions | |
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"Working with small-scale sustainable projects to improve living conditions
in the mountains south of Hebron - that?s the aim of the Israeli NGO Comet-ME.
A light is going on for the people in Susyah.
The Federal Foreign Office is supporting the project.
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02 September 2009 |
| A solar-powered COMET lights up Palestinian homes | |
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"As it succeeds in bringing electricity to off-grid Palestinian communities,
the Israeli COMET project sends a clear message that Israeli-Palestinian
cooperation can work...." |
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27 July 2009 |
| Out of the Stone Age: Empowering a West Bank village | |
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"As the Americans embark on a new peace mission, Donald Macintyre reports
from a West Bank village trapped by its history but now lit up with help from
across the divide..." |
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15 July 2009 |
| Israeli energy project in World Challenge 09 final | |
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"Israeli energy venture, Comet-ME, has been selected as a finalist in
World Challenge 09, the worldwide competition seeking to identify and reward
projects and businesses which bring economic, social and environmental benefits
to local communities through grassroots solutions..." |
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8 July 2009 |
| A few good men | Seth Freedman |
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"...The Villages Group volunteers raised funds for solar panels and a wind turbine,
providing the basic electrical needs for the family, such as lighting and refrigeration.
Their efforts have borne fruit, both in terms of bettering the family's standard of living,
as well as breaking down the wall of silence that exists between the majority of
Israelis and Palestinians..." |
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16 Jun 2009 |
| ISRAEL-OPT: Tiny energy project helps Palestinian villagers | |
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"Noam Dotan, an Israeli physicist, checks the wind turbine in the small West Bank village of Susya.
The renewable energy project he started two years ago is making progress and improving the lives of local
villagers, he said..." |
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