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“In a broad and level-headed view, the fact that Jordanian and Egyptian planes came here with their crews to fight the fire, that fire trucks and firefighters from the Palestinian Authority operated alongside our firefighters, that the doors of the Israeli Arabs opened to host Jewish families—‎these are the more important parts of the picture.  The arsonists and the inciters should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but they do not represent the Israeli Arabs or the Palestinian people.”

(Former Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ehud Barak speaking on the assistance from Israel’s regional allies to help stop the fires, 28/11/2016)