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ARZA sets up emergency fund after Carmel fire

Israel has been hit with a heartbreaking ecological and humanitarian disaster, and we are very touched by your concern, interest and help with the efforts to relieve this disaster. In the upcoming weeks, the IMPJ is committed to being a part of the rehabilitation efforts. As we are grateful that the fire is contained, we brace ourselves for the work ahead and ask for your support in this enormous undertaking.…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on December 5, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Disaster in the North: 40 dead as fire rages in Carmel Mountains By Amiram Cohen, Fadi Eyadat, Haaretz newspaper

Forty people were killed on Thursday as a huge brushfire continued to rage across the Carmel Mountains in northern Israel, killing and injuring dozens, among them prison guards and firemen.

Some 13,000 people were evacuated from their homes in the north and Israel called for international aid as the fire blazed out of control, fanned by easterly winds following a month of near record temperatures for the…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on December 3, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments