#RockyFire east of Clear Lake is now 27,000 acres & 5% contained. Hwy 16 now closed between Hwy 20 & Yolo County Line: image via CAL FIRE PIO Berlant @CALFIRE_PIO, 1 August 2015

Night Sky: Firewatching

.............................................to Blanqui

The universe as the site of lingering cosmic
catastrophes -– points of conflict in the text,
................................Nablus, Jenin,.......................................
through which it’s impossible to see the stars.

Dark spots that shade the eyes. “This eternity
of the human being among the stars is a melancholy
thing… There exists a world where a man follows a
road that, in the other world, his double did not take.”

The routinization of the suffering that comes with
having a soul. The martyr’s pain is repeated in
the same moment over and over again at infinite sites
scattered through the universe, pockets of darkness between stars.

Life as the monotonous flow of an hourglass
that eternally empties and turns itself over, teaching
yes, but always the same lesson, the new sand is
always old the old sand always new.

#RockyFire burns into the night. Now at 3000 acres. Via Lake County News #cafire: image via Ian Schwartz @SchwartzTV, 30 July 2015

The #RockyFire around 9pm: photo by Benjamin Zuffi @benuwine, 29 July 2015

Massive #RockyFire forces more evacuations near Lake-Colusa border, closes highways: image via ThePressDemocrat @NorthBayNews, 1 August 2015

Tonight's view of #rockyfire with the nearly full moon: image viaNiniane @NinianeK, 30 July 2015

Parting shot from the #RockyFire. Headed back to SJSU.: image via SJSU FireWeatherLab@FireWeatherLab, 30 July 2015

Incendiary Writing on the Wall: The 'Price Tag'

Palestinians in the West Bank village of Duma watched and attended the funeral of Ali Saad Dawabsha, the 18-month-old child killed in an arson attack in Nablus about 30 miles north of Jerusalem: photo by Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse 31 July 2015

Palestinian baby burned to death in settler terror attack #WestBank Rest in Peace: image via Drive for Justice @DriveJustice, 31 July 2015

#BREAKING: #Israel's #IDF commender in cheif: "I denounce this act of terror". Ordered the #IDF stay in high alert: image via Amichai Stein @AmichaiStein1, 31 July 2015

Israel’s hawks can't dodge blame for this day of violence: Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian, 31 July 2015 (Last modified Saturday 1 August 2015)

The condemnations are striking but still they ring hollow. Binyamin Netanyahu denounced the arson attack by Jewish settlers on the West Bank home of the Dawabsha family, in which Ali Saad, a baby just 18 months old, was burned to death, as an “act of terrorism in every respect”. Netanyahu was joined by Naftali Bennett, the leader of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party, which is close to being the political wing of the settlers’ movement. Bennett described the murder as a “horrendous act of terror”. The defence minister, the army, they all condemned this heinous crime.

Condemnations from across political spectrum after Palestinian baby burnt in #WestBank arson: image via Haaretz,com@haaretzcom, 31 July 2015

Which is welcome, of course. It’s good that there were no ifs or buts, no attempts to excuse the inexcusable. But still it rings hollow.

BREAKING: Palestinian baby dies, 4 others wounded in suspected arson attack by Jewish extremists in #WestBank: image via syndicalist @syndicalisms, 30 July 2015

The words sound empty partly because, while this act is extreme in its cruelty, it is not a freak event. Talk to the Israeli human rights groups that monitor their country’s 48-year occupation of the West Bank and they are clear that the masked men who broke into the Dawabsha family home in the early hours and set it alight committed a crime exceptional only in its consequences. “Violence by settlers against Palestinians is part of the daily routine of the occupation,” Hagai El-Ad, director of the B'tselem organisation, told me.

BREAKING: Palestinian baby dies, 4 others wounded in suspected arson attack by Jewish extremists in #WestBank: image via syndicalist @syndicalisms, 30 July 2015

Indeed, El-Ad says this attack was the eighth time since 2012 that settlers have torched inhabited buildings. There have been dozens of assaults on property, too: mosques, agricultural land, businesses. “In most of these cases, they didn’t find the perpetrators, despite having the best intelligence agencies on the planet.” He is referring to the culture of impunity that has always protected the settlers.

#BREAKING: 2 Houses set on fire in #Duma village West Bank: Baby killed. parents & brothers injured. Writing sprayed.: image via Amichai Stein @Amichai Stein1, 30 July 2015

That charge can be directed at past Israeli governments of the centre-left as well as the hawkish right: while the latter actively sponsored the settlement that followed the 1967 war, the former indulged it. But the right’s guilt runs deeper, which is why its tearful words of regret now sound so false.

Grandfather standing in the second house burnt by settlers in.#duma. Only by chance no one slept there that night.: image via Combatants for Peace @cfpeace, 1 August 2015

Take Bennett. Put aside his repeated insistence that there will never be a Palestinian state, thereby crushing the dreams of an independent life for all those living under Israeli rule. Focus only on his conduct this week. Today’s murderous arson attack is assumed to be an act of revenge for the court-ordered dismantling on Wednesday of two buildings in the West Bank settlement of Bet El. The buildings were unfinished and empty. Israel’s supreme court ruled them illegal and ordered the army to demolish them. The settlers raged at the decision, demonstrating violently against the soldiers and police who were there to enforce it. And guess who stood on a roof at Bet El, egging the protesters on, stirring them to ever greater heights of fury? Why, it was Naftali Bennett.

#WestBank Settlers clash with Israeli police in West Bank. Photo @menahemkahana #AFP: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 29 July 2015

Israeli hawks pump ever more air into the ultra-nationalist balloon –- only to feign shock when it explodes

Netanyahu himself is not much better. You don’t have to recall his own disavowal of Palestinian statehood and a two-state solution on the eve of March’s election, or his racist warning that Arab citizens of Israel were heading to the polls “in droves”. Look only at his actions in recent days. Stung by the protests at Bet El, he announced construction of another 300 units in Bet El and 504 in East Jerusalem. In other words, he did not punish the settlers for their lawless behaviour: he rewarded it.

@LTCPeterLerner We who've been on the ground know that when settlers attack, the Israeli army backs them up. #Duma: image via Max Blumenthal @ Max Blumenthal, 31 July 2015

There is a pattern here. The hawks of the Israeli right pump ever more air into the ultra-nationalist balloon -– only to feign shock when it explodes. A small, but telling example: yesterday an ultra-orthodox Jewish fanatic went on the rampage at the Jerusalem Pride march, stabbing wildly at anyone his knife could reach. He injured six, one critically. Among those who condemned his actions was Jewish Home Knesset member Bezalel Smotrich. Yet Smotrich calls himself a "proud homophobe": in 2006 he helped organise “the beast parade” which saw demonstrators mock Pride by walking through Jerusalem with donkeys and goats, as if to equate homosexuality with bestiality.

An Israeli woman received medical care after she and five others were stabbed during a gay rights parade in Jerusalem. The assailant, who was arrested, was identified as an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man who had recently been released from jail after serving time for a similar attack: photo by Atef Safadi/European Pressphoto Agency, 30 July 2015

The prime example of turning on the tap –- only to be appalled by the flood -– is Netanyahu himself. Twenty years ago he stirred up crowds livid at then prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s apparent concessions to the Palestinians. They waved placards depicting Rabin as a Palestinian terrorist, even as an SS officer –- but Netanyahu said nothing. They carried a mocked-up coffin of Rabin and still Netanyahu said nothing. But when a far rightist assassinated Rabin, Netanyahu was of course among the first to be shocked, shocked, by such wickedness.

Next to Ali's crib, his baby bottle; milk still in it. #Duma: image via Molly Hunter @mollymhunter, 31 July 2015

It’s true too that each “price tag” attack like yesterday’s –- designed to show that even the slightest brake on the settlement venture will come at a price –- helps entrench the position that territorial compromise is impossible, that the evacuation of settlements will trigger civil war. That is a conclusion that can only boost support for the Bibi-Bennett hostility to a two-state accord with the Palestinians. And yet, for all that, it would be wrong to see the Israeli right as a monolith -– and even more wrong to see Israel itself that way. There are distinctions and they matter. This week’s men of violence illustrate them.

#BREAKING: 2 Houses set on fire in #Duma village West Bank: Baby killed. parents & brothers injured. Writing sprayed.: image via Amichai Stein @Amichai Stein1, 30 July 2015

The graffiti left by the murderers of baby Ali Saad offered a clue. “Long live the messiah,” said one. I’ve seen slogans like that before, in the radical settler enclave of Hebron: they point to a strand of settler extremism that denounces the actual state of Israel, and especially its army, as godless institutions of secular democracy, demanding in their place the creation of a “Judean kingdom”. To them, Netanyahu is a traitor and apostate.

#BREAKING: 2 Houses set on fire in #Duma village West Bank: Baby killed. parents & brothers injured. Writing sprayed.: image via Amichai Stein @Amichai Stein1, 30 July 2015

Similarly, the would-be assassin of the Pride rally, Yishai Schlissel, told the Jerusalem court where he appeared today that he did not recognise its authority because it "does not follow the rules of the holy Torah" (as if he does). That suggests he belongs to the strand of anti-Zionist ultra-orthodoxy that regards the modern, secular state of Israel as a blasphemous pre-empting of the divine plan for the Jews.

#UPDATE: Letter published by #Jerusalem stabber a week ago: "Im willing die to prevent the Pride Parade": image via Amichai Stein @AmichaiStein1, 30 July 2015

#Jerusalem: PICS of the moment when the stabbing attack occurred during the Gay Pride Parade. (PICS: @AP & @Reuters): image via Amichai Stein @AmichaiStein1, 30 July 2015

Written in Blood

#UPDATE: Letter published by #Jerusalem stabber a week ago: "Im willing die to prevent the Pride Parade": image via Amichai Stein @AmichaiStein1, 30 July 2015

It can be baffling, but such are the deep divisions within Israeli society, often missed by those looking on from afar. Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin -– who, though a hawk on territorial issues, has emerged as the country’s most urgent voice against bigotry and intolerance -– spoke in June of Israel’s four tribes: the strictly orthodox, the secular, the national-religious and the Arab minority.

MAP are in touch with Dr. Anas, from Nablus burns unit we support, he's spent all night treating children from #Duma: image via MedicAidPalestiniansl @ MedicAidPal, 31 July 2015

Back when we used to speak of the “Middle East peace process” there was an assumption, contained in that very phrase, that if only Palestinians and Israelis could reach an accord, peace would come to the entire region. Now we surely know that even if there were such a pact, it would not end the killing in Yemen, the slaughter in Syria or the carnage in Iraq. Even if Palestinians and Israelis embraced, Isis would keep on beheading those it deems the wrong kind of Muslim.

Muslim worshipers, guarded by Israeli police, pray on the streets of the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in east Jerusalem, following restrictions by Israeli police to only allow men above 50-year-old to access the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound: photo by Jack Guez/AFP, 31 July 2015

But something else is true too. If the Palestinian-Israeli conflict were solved tomorrow, there are no guarantees it would bring tranquillity to Israel or indeed to the divided Palestinians. It might simply unleash the internal conflicts that the external clash has bottled up and contained for so long.

A tiny body, in a tiny grave. #Duma: image via Molly Hunter @mollymhunter, 31 July 2015

As the Dawabsha family mourns, and as Israelis and Palestinians hold their breath, trembling at the prospect of yet another dread cycle of retaliation and escalation, it is worth remembering that this conflict involves enmity piled upon enmity, hatred upon hatred, within and without –- making it harder to solve with each passing day.

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli security forces near Ramallah on Friday: photo by APA Images/REX Shutterstock via The Guardian, 1 August 2015

Palestinian youth killed by troops after arson attack sparks West Bank violence:The 17-year-old was shot by Israeli troops at Atara checkpoint near Ramallah, Palestinian officials said, amid unrest over death of 18-month old boy: Kate Shuttleworth in Jerusalem for The Guardian, 1 August 2015

A Palestinian youth has been killed by Israeli forces in Ramallah in the wake of violent West Bank clashes that erupted after an 18-month-old toddler was killed in an arson attack in Duma yesterday morning.

According to Palestinian medical officials Laith Fadel al-Khaladi, 17, from Jifna, a village near Ramallah died early on Saturday after he was shot by Israeli sniper fire during clashes at Atara checkpoint near Bir Zeit.

Two Palestinians have been killed in the past 24 hours after he fatal arson attack that killed Palestinian infant Ali Dawabsheh that also left his parents Reham and Saad with third degree burns over up to 90% of their bodies. His four-year-old brother also has burns over 60% of his body. They are all being treated in an Israeli military hospital near Tel Aviv.

Earlier on Friday Mohammed al-Masri, also 17, from Gaza, was killed by Israeli army fire as he reportedly approached the border fence during a youth protest against the fatal arson attack that killed West Bank infant Ali Dawabsheh.

Dozens of other Palestinians were injured in clashes across the West Bank yesterday.

Another Palestinian youth in Hebron was shot in the leg during violent protests and another four were injured when the IDF fired tear gas and rubber bullets at stone-throwers near Halhul in the West Bank.

Clashes broke out overnight in East Jerusalem. In Shuaafat refugee camp another Palestinian was seriously injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet allegedly fired at his head and another 11 were injured during clashes.

Suspected Jewish attackers torch Palestinian home in West Bank, killing toddler: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 31 July

#NOW: While his parents struggle for their lives in hospital, baby Ali Saad Dawabsha, 1.5, is laid to rest in #Duma: image via ActiveStills @activestills, 31 July 2015

two more brigades

#BREAKING: #Israel #IDF sent 2 more brigades to the West Bank fearing the arson in #Duma might start protest & riots: image via Amichai Stein @AmichaiStein1, 30 July 2015

Various Small Fires

A Palestinian protester threw a stone at Israeli soldiers in clashes in Hebron, on the West Bank. The violence came after Jewish extremists were suspected of setting fire to the home of a Palestinian family in Nablus that left a child dead and others in the family injured: photo by Abed Al Haslhamoun/European Pressphoto Agency, 31 July 2015

A photo from today's disturbances at#Duma: #Palestinians blocked a road and protested and burned tires: image via Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman, 1 August 2015

#Israel army at scene of riots next to entrance of #Palestinian #Duma village, where a baby was murdered Friday.: image via Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman, 1 August 2015

Pictures of the ongoing clashes between youths and #IOF in #Duma village, south of #Nablus: image via PalestineSocialSeth Frantzman @PalestineSocial, 1 August 2015

Pictures of the ongoing clashes between youths and #IOF in #Duma village, south of #Nablus: image via PalestineSocial @PalestineSocial, 1 August 2015

consumed by flames

A wall of flames lurches over a ridge as a resident of Morgan Valley Road near Lower Lake, California, prepares to evacuate because of the 3,000 acre Rocky Fire that has taken hold in Lake County: photo by Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, 30 July 2015

Wow! Kent Porter once again showing the power of professional photojournalism. #RockyFire: image via Kevin McCallum @SRCityBeat, 30 July 2015

Updated photos from @kentphotos on the scene of the #RockyFire in #LakeCounty: image via The Press Democrat b@NorthBayNews, 29 July 2015

Flames consume the landscape at the Rocky fire near Lower Lake, California: photo by Kent Porter / Associated Press, 29 July 2015

Smoke rises above the landscape as the Rocky fire continues to burn at sunset outside Lower Lake, California: photo by Kent Porter / Associated Press, 1 August 2015

#RockyFire in #LakeCounty quickly grows to 3,000 acres; evacuations ordered: #Calfires: image via Ed Joyce @EdJoyce, 29 July 2015

#RockyFire Spot fire now its own significant fire. This thing is big.: image via Stuart Palley @stuartpalley, 30 July 2015

#rockyfire moonrise and spot fire. 13,500 acres 5% contained: image via Stuart Palley @stuartpalley, 30 July 2015

The #RockyFire is unreal I have no words to explain how massive this fire is -Taken off Hwy 20 where it's heading: image via Sara Zendehnam @szendehnam, 1 August 2015

More evacuations as #RockyFire at Clear Lake, California is now 25,750 acres & 5% contained: image via Ed Joyce @EdJoyce, 1 August 2015

On HWY 20 just before it was closed. To all Firefighters & their support, be safe & thank you #RockyFire: image via 27suns 27@suns, 1 August 2015

24 homes consumed by the #RockyFire. #cafire: image via Ian Schwartz @SchwartzTV, 1 August 2015

The #RockyFire in Lake County has grown to 25,750 acres & continues to burn north toward Hwy 20. Still 5% contained: image via CAL FIRE PIO Berlant @CALFIRE_PIO, 1 August 2015

#RockyFire [has] burned more than 23,000 acres: image via Scott Rates @RealScottRates, 1 August 2015 California, USA

#RockyFire burned more than 22,000 acres, creating its own #weather @kron4news: image via Scott Rates @RealScottRates, 1 August 2015 Clearlake, CA

Firefighters push #RockyFire away from 5,000 homes: image via SFGate @SFGate, 1 August 2015

Firefighters drive Lake County's #RockyFire away from 5,000 homes: image via Kurtis Alexander @Kurtis Alexander, 1 August 2015

Lidar scanning this pyroCU right now at #RockyFire @FireWeatherLab: image via Neil Lareau @nplareau, 30 July 2015

#RockyFire bus not yellow anymore @NorthBayNew @CAL_FIRE @CALFIRE_PIO: image via Kent Porter @kentphotos, 30 July 2015

#rockyfire claims a mobile home: image via Stuart Palley @stuartpalley, 30 July 2015

#RockyFire smoke plumes capping out Thursday evening. @NorthBayNews @NWSBayArea @NWSSacramento @NWSEureka #CAwx: image via Kent Porter @kentphotos, 31 July 2015

Deer in the path of advancing Rocky Fire: photo by Al Francis/Healdsburg Patch, 29 July 2015

Fire Season

Israel’s hawks can't dodge blame for this day of violence: Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian, 31 July 2015 (Last modified Saturday 1 August 2015)

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