Palestinian firefighters take part in efforts to extinguish a forest fire near Beit Oren
Palestinian firefighters, dispatched by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, take part in efforts to extinguish a forest fire near Kibbutz Beit Oren, on Mount Carmel near the northern city of Haifa December 5, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government faced calls for officials to be sacked over the four-day-old forest fire that has killed 41 people. REUTERS/Amir Cohen