Israel Electric reveals telegrams showing Tel Aviv power station's role in British political battle (opens original article in a new tab)

Israel Electric Corporation disclosed historical telegrams showing the Tel Aviv power station's role in a 1923 British political battle over Zionist development, with anti-Zionist MPs opposing the project and Zionists using its progress to defend their cause.

• Israel Electric Corporation released historical telegrams showing Tel Aviv's power station was involved in a British political debate in 1923
• Telegrams reveal anti-Zionist MPs tried to revoke concessions for the electricity project
• Zionists used the project's progress to defend Zionist development in Mandatory Palestine
• The power station's electrification demonstrated the Jewish community's infrastructure capabilities