Why does any country, including Israel, allow its enemies to live inside of them? I don’t blame Arabs and Muslims for hating the Jewish state and wanting to destroy it. I respect them for that. A Jewish state in their midst is not in their interest. What is crazy is for the Jewish state to allow those Arabs and Muslims who hate it to be citizens and to move freely.
I respect Saudi Arabia for not allowing any churches or synagogues. In some contexts, it would be best for Israel and the West to follow a similar policy with mosques, but in other contexts, a more permissive attitude is more adaptive.
UPI: HAIFA, Israel, Nov. 24 (UPI) — About 60,000 people were evacuated from Haifa, Israel, as fires, some deliberately set, raged across the country, the national police chief said Thursday.
Wildfires, fanned by strong winds and dry conditions, are devouring forests, and fires in at least five parts of Haifa, a port city of about 300,000 consumed homes and businesses. Other fires, caused by arson or negligence, have also broken out, officials said.
By late Thursday over 100 Haifa residents and firefighters were treated for injuries, mostly smoke inhalation. No deaths or serious injuries have been reported.
Roni Alsheich, national police chief, said some fires were set by arsonists, “presumably with nationalist intentions,” adding, “There are some cases of arson and lots of cases that are not arson.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the fires could be attributed to “natural and unnatural causes,” and Gilad Erdan, the country’s public security minister, told Army Radio he estimated that half the fires burning across Israel were cases of arson.
“The fire is not under control,” Haifa’s police chief noted Thursday. “Residents should quickly evacuate.” A large apartment tower in Haifa’s Romena neighborhood was consumed by the fire.
