Automatic switch to winter time in Palestine
The article describes how smartphones and computers in Palestine did not switch to winter time automatically in late October 2019, occurring an hour later than in Israel. It notes a possible dependency in communications infrastructure and calls for steps toward disentanglement.
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Between the hope of disentanglement ... and the reality of clash with the Israeli occupation
We were not surprised when the time was not changed automatically on the smartphones and portable computers in our possession.... by being delayed by one hour, starting with the adoption of winter time in Palestine... the night Friday–Saturday 25-26/10-2019 (Saturday morning yesterday). Whereas that was done automatically at the start of winter time in Israel on the night Saturday–Sunday corresponding to 62-27,10-2019 (Sunday morning today)... the change occurred automatically... after midnight last night... Because in fact it has been observed for many years, especially when the period between changing the time in Palestine and the time in Israel is temporally separated...!
Although I do not know the technicalities of communications and of reserving spectrum in the air...for use by our exchanges....and our computer servers....I suspected that there is a dependency for us in the field of communications...as in taxes, fuels...and customs..even though we have not heard of an agreement in this field, as in the 1994 Paris economic Agreement..
We are moved by hope...that steps of disentanglement from the Israeli reality will begin...in all its sectors...to the extent of our capabilities...to create a sense of the much-hoped-for independence..leading up to the removal of the brutal Israeli occupation and changing the rules of engagement with the occupation..and without forming committees..!
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Zuhdi Shubeitah, “Automatic switch to winter time in Palestine” (English translation of «تعديل التوقيت الشتوي اليا في فلسطين», originally published 15 September 2022), https://www.zuhdish.co/en/articles/automatic-switch-to-winter-time-in-palestine
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