It was finally put out on Sunday. It rained on Monday so the chances of it starting again are slim.

Politically speaking (and the discourse in Israel) is with regards to the fact that the public sector is underfunded due to a massive reduction in taxes allocated to the fire department, health care, etc. That's why the fire was out of control.

The fact that we got international aid is really not the point. Seeing as Israel sends aid to practically every large scale disaster it would be bad form (to say the least) were we not to get aid in return.