Gaza receives about 70 percent of its electricity from Israel, and the bulk of the remaining power comes from a generation plant in Gaza.

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Some of that money was truly invested, though the bulk of it was done in the 1950s and 1960s, before the current generation got to be in charge.

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They take up less room than the older generation of rear projection systems (or larger CRT TVs) although the do have a bit of bulk.

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