In a first-of-its-kind enforcement operation, and eight months after it was promised, inspectors closed down no fewer than 32 illegal charcoal facilities in northern Shomron-Wadi Ara. Much of the charcoal sold in Israel is produced primitively and illegally by Arabs in the above region, causing tremendous air pollution. However, the Civil Administration announced last October that it would close down most of the pirate operations – and yesterday, it finally did so. The operation was carried out at the behest of the Environment Ministry, was presided over by Environment Minister Gilad Erdan, and was implemented by personnel of the Civil...