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Artist Yoram Raanan putting the final touches on one of his recent artworks (Courtesy Yoram Raanan)
July 30, 2018, 1:30 pm
From the ashes of a forest fire, a new vision rises for a Jerusalem-area artist
His studio and life’s work burned down in the devastating 2016 fires, but Beit Meir’s Yoram Raanan knew ‘something really good’ was going to come out of it
By Jessica Steinberg
Planes work to put out a forest fire in Beit Meir outside Jerusalem, July 5, 2018 (Flash90)
July 8, 2018, 3:49 pm
Police check if Jerusalem blaze was caused by stray fire from army exercise
20 fire trucks and six firefighting planes fought to control major forest fire on Thursday
By TOI staff
Israeli firefighters extinguish flames in Haifa following a massive wildfire that swept through the northern city, on November 25, 2016. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
November 25, 2016, 4:44 pm
3 residents of Arab village arrested for arson in Galilee
15 people now in custody for suspected fire-setting, incitement, including six held in connection with Haifa blaze
By TOI staff
Three men appear to start a fire in the woods outside the Ariel settlement in the West Bank early in the morning on November 25, 2016. (Screen capture)
November 25, 2016, 12:00 pm
Security cam captures apparent arson attempt near Ariel
Three men seem to start fire outside settlement in northern West Bank; blaze extinguished by passing motorists
By Judah Ari Gross
A woman stands amid the damage and burned vehicles in the northern Israeli city of Haifa following a wildfire, on November 25, 2016. (AFP/Jack Guez)
November 25, 2016, 10:00 am
Nataf blaze contained, but residents told to stay away, restaurant destroyed; US supertanker arrives
Locals flee Jerusalem hills community, nearby areas also threatened; West Bank settlement evacuated; Haifa residents return home; 15 arson suspects in custody
By Joshua Davidovich
An Israeli firefighter inspects the damages in Beit Meir in the hills to the west of Jerusalem, on November 25, 2016. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)
November 25, 2016, 9:44 am
Police arrest 12 for arson, incitement; Haifa fires now under control
600 homes damaged, 37 destroyed in northern city; PM warns those setting or inciting fires will be treated as ‘terrorists’
By Judah Ari Gross and Dov Lieber
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