Israel arrests suspected Palestinian arsonists after wildfires

  27 November 2016    Read: 1012
Israel arrests suspected Palestinian arsonists after wildfires
Israel stepped up efforts on Saturday to extinguish wildfires that have been scorching large swathes of the country and said its security forces had arrested more than 10 suspected Palestinian arsonists.
While many hotspots have been contained, new conflagrations spread throughout north and central Israel and parts of the occupied West Bank for a fifth straight day. Israel`s military said that over the past few days, security forces had arrested more than 10 suspected Palestinian arsonists who were attempting to ignite fires.

There has been no official response from Palestinian leaders, who sent rescue teams to help fight the fires.

But Ayman Odeh, a leading Israeli Arab politician, has rejected the suggestion that Arabs were responsible for arson attacks and accused the Israeli government of taking advantage of the situation to incite against the Arab minority.

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