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Why are greens silent over this ongoing ecological war?

Hamas’ recent tactic of launching fire kites and balloons over the border from Gaza marks something new: ecological war. Why aren’t the world’s greens screaming at this “assault on the planet”?

Since the end of March, Hamas-spurred terrorists have flown hundreds of Molotov cocktails and improvised firebombs into Israel, setting aflame thousands of acres of farmland, forests and nature preserves.

The damage to Israeli agriculture is said to be in the millions, and a drop in tourism dollars compounds that. The cost of fighting the fires, too, is enormous, not to mention the stress on locals.

But it’s not just an economic hit. Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry fears that particulate matter from the fires may boost cancer and vision problems as well as respiratory illness.

The world regularly shrugs at such Israeli suffering. But what about the assault on Mother Nature? The fires are destroying nature preserves, killing some animals and destroying the food supply for others.

Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire Saturday after rockets from Gaza prompted Israeli air strikes. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the agreement would not permit continued “terrorism by incendiary kites and balloons.” Whether Hamas reins in the kite-fliers, though, remains to be seen.

Calling PETA, Greenpeace and all the rest: If one combatant can launch environmental war without global censure, the tactic will catch on. Even if it risks showing sympathy for Israel, you have a clear duty to raise the alarm.

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Fire Kites

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Gaza-Israel conflict: What is happening and why does it matter?

Gaza-Israel conflict: What is happening and why does it matter?

Q. Why has there been an upsurge in violence?

At the heart of the latest escalation is 16 weeks of Palestinian protests that have taken place at the border fence between Gaza and Israel.  

Since 30 March, hundreds of thousands of Gazans have marched each week on the heavily fortified border with Israel demanding the right to return to lands they fled for were forced from after the 1948 war,…

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Gaza's 'fire kite' flyers threaten more attacks as Israel tightens blockade

Gaza’s ‘fire kite’ flyers threaten more attacks as Israel tightens blockade

Palestinians in Gaza have vowed to step up arson attacks on Israel after it toughened restrictions on the embattled enclave, blocking deliveries of fuel and gas.

The so-called “Sons of al-Zawari” unit have launched hundreds of kites and balloons ladened with coals and explosives at Israel since April during protests at the border. Their members, who often appear wearing Guy Fawkes masks,…

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