According to prominent Israeli Palestinian affairs correspondent Avi Issarharoff via twitter, the Palestinian media report that an organization calling itself “Youth Uprising” is behind the arson fires around the country during recent days.

He is careful to add “I announce I did not make a statement like that”.

He adds later in both Hebrew and English, “Pal.news agencies quote me as saying/writing Shabab AlIntifada responsible for fires in Israel. It’s a lie. Didn’t say or write”, once again via twitter.

The translation of the Arabic is via Google translate.

Elsewhere is Haifa, the Israel Prison Authority is preparing to transfer 600 prisoners from the fire area, using 150 members of the Prison Authority force to accomplish this.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)