David Bedein of Israel Behind the News.com files this report from the Herzliya Conference via the Philadelphia Bulletin

"Israeli Security officials refuse to take seriously any of the reports of power outages in the Gaza Strip, saying it was a deliberate provocation of the Hamas government.

"The Israel Electric Corporation supplies 70 percent of Gaza's power consumption," said a security source. "In addition, 5 percent of the power consumption is supplied to the Gaza Strip by the Egyptians, and the rest is provided by the Gaza power plant. This means that there cannot be a power outage in the entire Gaza Strip as a result of the failure to transfer crude oil and diesel fuel."

"The whole issue of the candles being lit in the Palestinians' homes is a deliberate charade staged by Hamas."

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