This IS Arson

A partial view of the forest on Har Carmel, before the fire.

Firefighters working to sustain the fire on Har Carmel.

The enormous fire that has raged since Thursday in the Carmel is arson. Arson, by Arab terrorists. Perhaps that is not how it started - it started by two stupid boys' negligence. But its continuation was aided by Arabs, celebrated by Arabs, and those same Arabs purposely started other fires in the rest of Israel, during the crisis. This is not the first time. There are other terrorists who have used arson as their weapon.

But I must say one thing: If you celebrate the fire and encourage it, then do not have the chutzpa to claim this land. Granted, you don't seem to have any value for human life. But if this land is so precious to you, then you shouldn't be celebrating when thousands and thousands of hundred-year-old trees catch fire. Get out of here, you lying thieves. Get out of here, and don't come back. Don't show your faces again - not here, not drowned in the sea - not anywhere. Jump off the same cliff they pushed the goat to Azazel off of - and be smashed to smithereens before you reach halfway down the cliff. (In other words - a standard Israeli curse, more appropriately phrased.)

To end on a positive note - thank you to all those internationally who helped, and continue to help us fight this fire. Thank you, on behalf of the entire nation.

And thanks to Hashem, who finally decided to help us fight the fire - and hopefully, the North is getting more drenched than Yerushalayim is.

May we soon see the day when there will be no more terror, no more lying, cheating, stupid Muslim terrorist organizations, and the world will recognize that Israel is the land of the Jews, from thousands of years past, and until forever.

And may we see a winter drenched in rain, with perhaps a moderate [in Israeli terms] amount of snow, and the Kinneret overflowing.