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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."

  • ashinadash [she/her]
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    5 months ago

    Is this not known fact? The other thing to me is, if Israel lost particularly its military protection and support, I feel like some of its neighbours might be inclined to do an intervention of sorts.

    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      i didn't mean like "if israeli lost all of its military support" or "lost its access to western banking infrastructure"... i mean like, "if there was a credible perception that, instead of material support climbing by double digits, the next 2 quarters will have a level of support stays level or declines by 0.5%"

      like, not a hitting the brakes or even taking the foot off the gas. i mean, just a slight reduction in the rate of acceleration, and the ship sinks.