"Israel's Katrina"

Hezbollah and Jeffrey Goldberg ended up on similar pages regarding the giant forest fire in Israel, which killed 41 at last count as well as 5 million trees. “This fire revealed sheer helplessness on Israel’s part,” wrote a columnist in Palestine — and others came to this position with a little more glee. Meanwhile, stateside, the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg had this to say: “Israel’s per capita GDP is nearly $30,000. Israel is a rich country. The fact that it doesn’t possess adequate firefighting equipment is its own fault.”