Fire or a Massacre? Israeli Media Downplays Arson Suspicion
ArutzSheva.com -December 2, 2010
by Gil Ronen
(Israelnationalnews.com) The fire in the Carmel Mountains may turn out
to be the worst terror act in Israel's history, but major news outlets
appear resolute in their will to ignore this fact and its
implications.
Israel's major news media, controlled by the Left, are on the whole
treating the fire as a "disaster," spending most of their broadcast
time discussing the insufficient preparation for a disaster of this
magnitude and downplaying the fact that Arab arson is likely behind
the blaze.
MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh) of the National Union was the first leader
Thursday to publicly give voice the possibility that the fire was a
terror attack “an act of arson that turned into a massacre,” in his
words. Most of the large forest fires in Israel are set by hostile
Arabs, Katz said. He noted that he had proposed a bill for minimum
punishment of terror arsonists nine months ago, and blamed Justice
Minister Yaakov Ne'eman for torpedoing it.
Member of Knesset Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) called on Prime
Minister Netanyahu Thursday evening to recruit “the entire Shin Bet”
(Israel Security Agency) to investigate the Carmel Mountain fire and
what he described as "the ongoing arson activity in the Galilee in
general."
MK Ben-Ari said, "Fires are not decrees from above and the people of
Israel must receive an answer regarding what's behind this great
tragedy."
The fire spread from three locations simultaneously making arson a
likely possibility.
Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara (Likud), a resident of Usfiyeh, said on
Channel 10 Thursday evening that he has received information that the
fire is a terror act. He said that if the perpetrators are caught they
should be executed "like [the Nazi criminal Adolf] Eichmann" who is
the only person put to death by Israel to date.
Arab citizens of Israel use arson as a simple means of inflicting
terror and destruction upon the Jewish state. Large scale fires
recently consumed 5,000 acres in the Golan Heights.
The numerous large fires that broke out or were set this year depleted
Israel's reserves of fire-fighting chemicals, and the supply of
chemicals is expected to be used up completely by Friday morning.
Israeli planes are reported to be en route to France to bring more
supplies of fire-dousing materials.
According to an unconfirmed report on rotter.net, Radio Haifa reported
that Arabs have been dancing in the streets of Furadis, just south of
Haifa, in celebration of the deadly fire.
ArutzSheva.com -December 2, 2010
by Gil Ronen
(Israelnationalnews.com) The fire in the Carmel Mountains may turn out
to be the worst terror act in Israel's history, but major news outlets
appear resolute in their will to ignore this fact and its
implications.
Israel's major news media, controlled by the Left, are on the whole
treating the fire as a "disaster," spending most of their broadcast
time discussing the insufficient preparation for a disaster of this
magnitude and downplaying the fact that Arab arson is likely behind
the blaze.
MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh) of the National Union was the first leader
Thursday to publicly give voice the possibility that the fire was a
terror attack “an act of arson that turned into a massacre,” in his
words. Most of the large forest fires in Israel are set by hostile
Arabs, Katz said. He noted that he had proposed a bill for minimum
punishment of terror arsonists nine months ago, and blamed Justice
Minister Yaakov Ne'eman for torpedoing it.
Member of Knesset Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) called on Prime
Minister Netanyahu Thursday evening to recruit “the entire Shin Bet”
(Israel Security Agency) to investigate the Carmel Mountain fire and
what he described as "the ongoing arson activity in the Galilee in
general."
MK Ben-Ari said, "Fires are not decrees from above and the people of
Israel must receive an answer regarding what's behind this great
tragedy."
The fire spread from three locations simultaneously making arson a
likely possibility.
Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara (Likud), a resident of Usfiyeh, said on
Channel 10 Thursday evening that he has received information that the
fire is a terror act. He said that if the perpetrators are caught they
should be executed "like [the Nazi criminal Adolf] Eichmann" who is
the only person put to death by Israel to date.
Arab citizens of Israel use arson as a simple means of inflicting
terror and destruction upon the Jewish state. Large scale fires
recently consumed 5,000 acres in the Golan Heights.
The numerous large fires that broke out or were set this year depleted
Israel's reserves of fire-fighting chemicals, and the supply of
chemicals is expected to be used up completely by Friday morning.
Israeli planes are reported to be en route to France to bring more
supplies of fire-dousing materials.
According to an unconfirmed report on rotter.net, Radio Haifa reported
that Arabs have been dancing in the streets of Furadis, just south of
Haifa, in celebration of the deadly fire.
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