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'After 72 hours without power in Israel – it will be uninhabitable,' says CEO of company overseeing electrical systems.
Israel is utterly unprepared for a war with Hezbollah and for the toll such a conflict could take on the country's power infrastructure, the CEO of a company that manages and oversees Israel's electrical systems on behalf of the government said on Thursday.
"We are not ready for a real war. We live in a fantasy world, in my eyes," said Shaul Goldstein, head of Noga – the Israel Independent System Operator. Later, in an interview with Kan Public Broadcaster, he seemed to walk his comments back somewhat: "I said irresponsible things. I shouldn't have."
"If Nasrallah decides to paralyze Israel's power grid, he only needs to pick up the phone and call the head of Beirut's power grid, which is [technically] identical to Israel's." Goldstein said, before noting that "the upside is that we have invested a lot in protection, working together with Israel Electric Company."
Always hilarious when the media interviews somebody who's priority is the reality of things like power and water instead of a propoganda mouthpiece.
"Isreal will never surrender, our cause is just and we will outlast any adversity." - director of communications
"Hospitals are going to be full in 2 weeks if we're lucky and there's no plan to alleviate the issues once they happen." - person in charge of keeping the power on so hospitals don't become overcrowded
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"Also can't wait to be blamed for this in two weeks, just gonna get this out of the way preemptively 'I will have told you so' "