A slow-down by maintenance workers at the Israel Electric Company has been causing a series of blackouts in Israel, sometimes for a half-hour at a time. With the supply of electricity dropping at a time when there is peak use because of the hot weather, the electric company has to cut off various areas from time to time.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
