Bibi Netanyahu says 18 arrested for starting fires: police surprised

The fires ravaging the Jerusalem Hills, scorching nearly 5,000 acres of cherished land, have exposed not only the fragility of nature but also the muddled narratives of those tasked with protecting it, not to mention the Hamas supporters who are attempting to destroy the land they pretend is theirs and which they love.

Prime Minister Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu, speaking with the gravitas of a leader under siege, declared that 18 individuals had been apprehended on suspicion of arson—one, he claimed, caught "in the act" during Thursday’s International Bible Quiz. 

Yet, in a twist that underscores the chaos, police sources, speaking to N12, expressed surprise at the figure, insisting they knew of only three confirmed arrests. The truth, as ever, seems to flicker just beyond reach.

The origins of these devastating blazes, which have reduced Canada Park and its surrounding forests to ash, remain shrouded in uncertainty, at least to some extent. 

One suspect, detained on Wednesday, is believed to have attempted to spark yet another fire in southern Jerusalem, as if the inferno already consuming the hills were not enough. Firefighting teams, 98 units strong, toil alongside the IDF and Home Front Command, battling both flames and the inaccessibility of the fire’s starting points. The Fire and Rescue authority, with a sigh of cautious relief, announced late Thursday that the main blaze had been subdued. But with strong winds forecast, the battle is far from won.

Netanyahu, ever the rhetorician, seized the moment at the Bible Quiz’s closing to laud the heroism of the firefighting forces. Quoting scripture with a poet’s flourish, he said: "As fire burns the forest and as flame sets the mountains on fire," before adding, "I want to express my support for the firefighting forces and all those assisting in the protection of the land. We have detained 18 individuals, one of whom was apprehended while in the act." 

The words obviously carried weight, but the discrepancy with police reports casts a shadow over their certainty.

Then, of course, there is the matter of Palestinian incitement, a spark of a different kind. Netanyahu, with characteristic defiance, condemned those who, while professing love for the land, peddle rhetoric that seeks to set it ablaze. "We are the true lovers of this land," he declared, "and we are the ones safeguarding it." 

Palestinian media channels, he alleged, are fanning the flames of destruction, their calls for further fires a grim counterpoint to the physical devastation.

The Jerusalem Hills lie wounded, their scars a testament to both human failure and resilience. As the winds gather and the investigation deepens, one thing is clear: the land, beloved and contested, burns not just from fire but from the weight of competing truths: those of Israel, aka the actual truth; and those of the Arabs, aka the lie that everywhere they set foot on the planet belongs to Islam.

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LA's DEI Fire Department says 'there's nothing they can do' to prevent or put out fires

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso blasted current Democrat Mayor Karen Bass and her "absolute mismanagement by the city," which led to the fire hydrants running dry and fires running rampant.

But at least the LA Fire Department is woke and has made great use of D.E.I. so that transgender 'women' are experts since birth, at using a hose.

The Los Angeles Times reported in the early hours of Wednesday morning that firefighters battling the blaze in Pacific Palisades had begun to report over radios that fire hydrants were losing pressure, going flaccid, and running out of water entirely.

“The hydrants are down,” and, “Water supply just dropped,” they said, according to the outlet.

The Department of Water and Power provided a statement to the Times acknowledging the hydrants were running out of water but did not give any indication as to how widespread the issue was.

“This area is served by water tanks and close coordination is underway to continue supplying the area,” the statement said.

Too bad they can't come up with a way to use the Pacific Ocean as a temporary water supply--it's just down the street.

Caruso commented on the still-unfolding clusterfrack: “There’s no water in the fire hydrants. The firefighters are there [in the neighborhood], and there’s nothing they can do — we’ve got neighborhoods burning, homes burning, and businesses burning. … It should never happen.”

Caruso called a local news station and revealed that his daughter’s home was among the 1000 structures that had burned thus far — and said that if the city [not to mention the state] was better managed, the situation could have been much less disastrous.

“My heart goes out obviously to the people with their homes, and I’m watching the small businesses around us go up in flames, you know this is people’s livelihoods,” Caruso said. “So it’s devastating. but what is most concerning to me is our first responders and our firefighters who are trying to battle this, there’s no water in the Palisades.”

What does it mean when one's heart goes out?

Caruso, a developer, went on to target the mismanagement of resources, saying that reservoirs had not been refilled and noting the fact that Mayor Bass is out of the country, traveling in Ghana on the taxpayers' dime.

“There’s no water coming out of the fire hydrants. This is an absolute mismanagement by the city,” he added. “It’s not the firefighters’ fault, but it’s by the city. And I’ve got to be very honest, we’ve got a mayor that’s out of the country, and we’ve got a city that’s burning, and there’s no resources to put out fires.”

“So if you look at your pictures, you don’t see the firefighters there because there’s nothing they can do,” he claimed. “It looks like we’re in a third-world country here.”

But we all know that if Trump had already been sworn in as President, he would be the target of blame.

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Biden's brilliant response to questions about Maui devastation

"Ugh! I think it's coming from me"

So called President Joe Biden is finally being sent, by whoever controls him, to Hawaii in the wake of the Maui fire that has killed over a hundred people while more than a thousand are still unaccounted for. It is expected that Biden will read a speech and hopefully not screw it up by telling the families of victims that he shares their pain after his son Beau died fighting fires in firefights in Iraq or some such nonsense.

When Biden was originally asked on August 11th after his 371 days of vacation since taking office to comment on the Maui devastation and if he planned to visit the island he said "we're looking at it." But when he was asked about his thoughts regarding the death toll that had reached 93 at that time he said, "no comment." What kind of a person answers that question with that non answer?

He obviously couldn't be bothered to comment about the people in Maui when he was on yet another one of his many vacations.

But it gets worse. In a video [seen in the tweet below] you see Biden being asked about the death toll and when he answers with "No comment" he smirks and flashes a big wide grin as he responds. I blame it on the remaining brain cell in his head that is on its last breath of life.

Biden’s on vacation, so he’s not taking any questions. pic.twitter.com/SZPZZv1ZDA— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 14, 2023

The reporters try to get him to come to talk with them about the Hawaii response, but he gets into his car and takes off, doing as he was likely instructed to do by his unelected handlers.

He has to be more demented than originally believed to think that his signature denture exposure was the appropriate response to the reporters. Clearly his brain is running on empty. Having no notes to rely on, he had to be coached to just say the magic words and the smile was reflexive.

The response "No comment" was a terrible reply to such a question but you got to believe that his handlers told him that whenever he's uncertain how to answer real questions that go beyond his favorite ice cream flavor, he should simply use those two magic words.

For her part, Vice President Kamala Hahaharris gave an answer to that tough question saying that she was "deeply concerned" but didn't go into further detail as she was off to the beach too in Martha's Vineyard.

Joe Biden also spent his weekend at the beach but plans to get back to doing the work of the people as soon as he remembers.

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