Wildfires tear across Israel, Netanyahu calls arsonists 'terrorists'

By Rami Amichai HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - Wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee the city of Haifa, as leaders blamed arsonists for some of the blazes and branded them terrorists. Television pictures showed a wall of flames raging through central neighborhoods of Israel's third largest city. "Every fire that was caused by arson, or incitement to arson, is terrorism by all accounts.