Israel fires

Residents of Bir Hadaj warm themselves around a fire after homes in the village were demolished. (Rami Younis)
How the Israeli Right easily manipulates Palestinians and the Left
Distracted by the ‘fire intifada’ that wasn’t and the progress of the ‘muezzin law,’ the Israeli Left and several Palestinian Knesset members failed to call out the other injustices of the last few weeks.  It’s easy to condemn the declarations that the recent wave of fires across Israel brought from Israel’s igniter — sorry, inciter-in-chief Benjamin Netanyahu,…
By Rami Younis December 5, 2016
How Israel thanks (or doesn’t) Palestine for helping put out fires
The Palestinian Authority contributed eight firetrucks and 40 firefighters to combat the fire in Haifa. All they got was a footnote. The Israel Embassy in the U.S. published a thank you message on its Facebook page on Friday dedicated to all the countries that helped put out the wildfires raging across the country. Under the…
By Haggai Matar November 26, 2016
Fire fighters try to extinguish a wildfire at the entrance to Nataf, outside Jerusalem, November 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
No fires or inciting politicians can destroy our shared society
The wildfire that struck Neve Shalom-Wahat al-Salam left our Jewish-Arab village more resilient than ever before. We invite Israel’s politicians to learn from us on how to heal our society’s wounds. Our country has been up in flames this past week. Hundreds of fires have broken out in various areas resulting in tens of thousands of people…
By Samah Salaime November 26, 2016
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