Thursday, January 16, 2025
Elder of Ziyon |
| This is not Los Angeles. It is Kiryat Shmona, Israel, last June. |
We've all seen and been astonished at the size and ferocity of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area this month. As of January 15, the devastating California wildfires have destroyed 40,300 acres of land.
That is less than one third the amount of land destroyed by fires set by Hezbollah and Hamas rocket fire last year.
Last Thursday, Israel’s National Public Diplomacy Directorate in the Prime Minister’s Office released a summary report on attacks on Israel during the year. Among the horrific statistics on deaths, injuries and an astonishing 18,000 separate attacks counted we see the amount of devastation from fires.
Approximately 15,400 rockets were fired from Lebanon and crossed into Israel.Approximately 700 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip and crossed into Israel.
As a result of rocket fire and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs):610 fires were started due to rocket fire and UAVs [nearly two a day- EoZ]
As a result of the war, approximately 92,417 acres of land were burned in areas of the Nature and Parks Authority, of which 55,104 acres were in the northern part of the country.More than 42,749 acres of agricultural land were completely burned.More than 370 acres of crops were burned throughout northern Israel.
That adds up to over 135,000 acres burned in Israel - more than triple the amount destroyed in California at this time.
You might think it is unfair to compare the Los Angeles metropolitan area with the entire country of Israel. You would be right, but not in the direction you may think. Because the Greater Los Angeles area is nearly 34,000 square miles - and all of Israel including the West Bank and Gaza, is only 10,600 square miles.
Yes, Israel saw triple the amount of fire devastation in one third the total area. (Yes I know it was in the course of a year and not a week, but the lack of news coverage is still unconscionable.)
Israel haters have to bizarrely equate Israeli actions with the California wildfires, like they try to hijack all news stories against Israel. Yet the real analogy is to the 135,000 acres burned by terrorists in Israel.
Zionists like to use the catchy phrase "no Jews, no news" to say that when Jews cannot be blamed for awful things worldwide, coverage is scant. But here we see that it is not precise. Because victim Jews are no news, either.
(h/t Irene)
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