Israel

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A Russian firefighting plane sprays fire-extinguishing material over a wildfire in Ein Hod, Israel, on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. The cause of the worst forest fire in Israel's history is likely negligence, not arson, authorities said Saturday, as firefighters from around the world battled the blaze whipping through northern pine forests toward the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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Israeli firefighters extinguish fire during a wildfire in the Carmel Heights near Haifa, northern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. A massive forest fire that scorched part of northern Israel killed scores of people Thursday, officials said. Fire officials said the blaze, which torched some 800 acres (325 hectares), remained out of control as nightfall arrived. (AP Photo/Avishag Shar-Yeshuv)

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Vehicles drive on a road during a wildfire in the Carmel Heights near Haifa, northern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. A massive forest fire that scorched part of northern Israel killed scores of people Thursday, officials said. Fire officials said the blaze, which torched some 800 acres (325 hectares), remained out of control as nightfall arrived. (AP Photo/Avishag Shar-Yeshuv)

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A driver gestures as he rides a motorcycle on a road next to smoke rising from a wildfire near Ein Hod in northern Israel, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. The worst forest fire in Israel's history devastated one of the country's few forested areas, and killed dozens of people. Homes were destroyed and some 15,000 were evacuated. Fire officials said the blaze, that is still out of control, has already torched some 1,600 acres (650 hectares). (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

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People watch firefighting planes flying over after they refilled with sea water to be dumped over a wildfire in northern Israel, off the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Atlit, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Crews and equipment from around the world began arriving on Friday to help Israel's worst fire ever. The inferno, which also displaced thousands, is still raging through forests in northern Israel and on the outskirts of the country's third largest city, Haifa. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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A Greek firefighting plane participates in efforts to extinguish a wildfire over Ein Hod in northern Israel, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Foreign firefighters and aircraft poured into Israel Friday in an unprecedented wave of international assistance as the country battled a huge forest fire that has killed dozens of people and displaced thousands. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

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A burnt car is seen kibbutz Beit Oren, destroyed in a wildfire in northern Israel Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Crews and equipment from around the world began arriving on Friday to help Israel's worst fire ever. The inferno, which also displaced thousands, is still raging through forests in northern Israel and on the outskirts of the country's third largest city, Haifa. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

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Firefighters rest on the road at sunrise after participating overnight in the efforts to gain control over a massive wildfire, still raging near by, in Tirat Hacarmel, northern Israel, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. The worst forest fire in Israel's history devastated one of the country's few forested areas, killing dozens of people as guards raced to rescue inmates at a prison in the fire zone, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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A bus burst into flames as it raced to an Israeli prison during a massive forest fire on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Dozens of prison guards participating in the rescue mission died, officials said, in one of the deadliest accidents in the nation's history. (AP Photo/Avishag Shar-Yeshuv)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Knesset session on Wednesday. A classified 2009 diplomatic cable disclosed this week tells of secret diplomacy between Israel and Persian Gulf states.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu dismisses as speculation a publicized report that Turkey had listed Israel as a threat in a policy paper.

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gestures as he speaks to foreign journalists in Jerusalem Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. Mr. Olmert says he would agree to the U.S. demand that Israel extend its halt to West Bank settlement construction, despite the current leader's hesitation. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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In this Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, file photo, Israeli soldiers return to Israel from the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war. The publication of the names and photographs of two hundred Israeli soldiers on a Web site calling them "war criminals" drew a condemnation Friday from the Israeli military. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during a press conference in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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An Israeli army vehicle is seen in the village of Ghajar between northern Israel and Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a plan to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday to withdraw from the northern half of Ghajar, recaptured during the 2006 war against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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German Bundeswehr inspector general Volker Wieker, left, shakes hands with Israel's chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. Germany's military chief, Volker Wieker, visited Israel's national Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni (Associated Press)

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Israeli President Shimon Peres (right) listens as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening of the winter session in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Mr. Netanyahu offered to renew a moratorium on Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank but only if the Palestinians meet his demand to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center right) stands during the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Mr. Netanyahu offered to renew a moratorium on Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank if the Palestinians meet his demand to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)