Multiple Fires Break Out Near Jerusalem Massive brushfires reported in Lifta, Even Sapir, Tzur

INN ^ | 7/2/14 | Tova Dvorin

[Nachum]

Jerusalem forest fire in Ein Kerem

Flash 90

Fifty-one firefighting teams and six firefighting planes were sent to the moshav of Even Sapir on Wednesday, after another brushfire broke out near the town, which is close to Jerusalem. 

The fire began in a plastics factory on the moshav, according to ZAKA. All Even Sapir residents have been evacuated from their homes. 

As of 9:15 pm, control has finally been wrested over the fire. 

Three homes have been swallowed by the blaze in Ein Kerem, according to recent updates. Firefighting teams have flooded the neighborhood to help stymie the inferno. 

The nearby communities of Ora and Aminadav have also been evacuated, according to Walla! News, as the fire spreads. 

Even Sapir is just 4 kilometers from Jerusalem's Ein Kerem neighborhood and is within walking distance of Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital. 

[Nachum]

Hey Mr. Kerry, got 'condelences'?

Multiple Fires Break Out Near Jerusalem Massive brushfires reported in Lifta, Even Sapir, Tzur Hadassah. Is it weather or terror?

[mojito]

Terror. Arson is the latest Pali tactic.

[Nachum]

They’ve been committing Arson for years.

1990

PALESTINIANS SET FIRE
Palestinians on the West Bank set fire to a bus taking Arab workers to their jobs in Israel Friday only hours after the army sealed the homes of four men accused of similar attacks.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/81079/PALESTINIANS-SET-FIRE.html?pg=all

[Pearls Before Swine]

Terror. Arson is the latest Pali tactic.

Despicable. But, two can play that game. If I were calling the shots in Israel, I'd combine that with shutting off the water supply.

[Nachum]

More Pali Arson...

2010..Palestinians, leftists caught burning a forest in the West Bank http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/11/palestinians-leftists-caught-burning.html#.U7SPtrErtFc

2008
Palestinians set forest on fire near Jerusalem
http://samsonblinded.org/news/palestinians-set-forest-on-fire-near-jerusalem-5509

2013
Palestinian Jihadist Group Claims Credit For Arizona Wildfire That Killed 19 Firefighters
http://midnightwatcher.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/palestinian-jihadist-group-claims-credit-for-arizona-wildfire-that-killed-19-firefighters/

[GeronL]

Napalm!

[Toddsterpatriot]

With added bacon grease!

[GeronL]

Pork-flavored Napalm!

[robowombat]

From June 26. Arson as a terror tactic, the latest item from the asymmetric warfare toolkit: After a massive forest fire covered Jerusalem in ash and caused residents to be evacuated on Wednesday, two more fires broke out Thursday in what many suspect is part of a series of arson attacks. A blaze was discovered Thursday in the wadi (valley) between Har Hotzvim and and Golda Meir Boulevard in the north of Jerusalem. Traffic from the Golda Intersection to the French Hill Intersection in the northeast of the capital was closed to cars while firefighters dealt with the fire. Roughly the same time on Thursday afternoon, a fire broke out in a field of thorns right by the city of Karmiel in the Western Galilee, located in Israel's north. The fire occurred right by the Arab village of Nahf, located adjacent to the Jewish city. Five firefighting crews were called to the scene to try and control the blaze, with Walla! reporting that residents were evacuated from their homes until the fire was controlled. The news site added that no danger was anticipated to any of the residential buildings, Also on Thursday, the Jerusalem Magistrates Court extended by four days the arrest of a 20-year-old Arab resident of Abu Ghosh to the east of Jerusalem, suspected of setting a forest in the area on fire Sunday. Police report that the suspect, who was arrested on Wednesday, confessed to committing the arson attack and re-enacted the incident for them. The two fires and arrest extension come a day after a major forest fire near Jerusalem's Ein Kerem neighborhood was finally contained, in firefighting efforts that extended into Wednesday night, and included six firefighting planes. Residents of three streets, as well as the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum and Hadassah Hospital were evacuated due to the heavy smoke and encroaching flames, and all vehicle traffic near the blaze was closed. A total of twelve homes were damaged, several people suffered light injuries from smoke inhalation, and the light rail between Denia and Ein Kerem stations was shut down.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Religion of Pieces at it again?