Photos from the Fire

[medic09]

www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/wildfire_in_israel.html

The photos that require an extra 'click' are gruesome. I do not recommend looking at them. There's also a halachic issue (probably for the photographer rather than viewer, but still...) of respect for the dead.

[achot]

I agree with the respect for the dead victims, but we must learn something from this terrible tragedy in order to avoid it repeating. I found the comment that if this had happened in a Moslem country the world would not have gone to help very interesting and telling. Of course Israel has always been one of the first to send aid to other countries (regardless of religion and politics) when they have been victims of some terrible tragedy. This comment is as baseless as the worlds hatred for Jews
May we never know such tragedy and be zocheh for the coming of Moshiach now !