Photostream : Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu honors foreign firefighters

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (front 4th L) and President Shimon Peres (front 5th L) pose for a group photo with members of International firefighting teams during a ceremony in Jerusalem to thank the teams for taking part in efforts to extinguish a forest fire on Mount Carmel December 7, 2010. Israeli police said the fires that consumed more than 12,000 acres (5,000 hectares) of woodlands, millions of trees and more than 100 homes, were extinguished on Monday, five days after taking hold of the Carmel ridge outside the port city of Haifa. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Shimon Peres (R) pose for a photo with a Turkish representative during a ceremony in Jerusalem to thank international teams for taking part in efforts to extinguish a forest fire on Mount Carmel December 7, 2010. Israeli police said the fires that consumed more than 12,000 acres (5,000 hectares) of woodlands, millions of trees and more than 100 homes, were extinguished on Monday, five days after taking hold of the Carmel ridge outside the port city of Haifa. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Baz Ratner )

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Shimon Peres (R) pose for a photo with a member from the Greek firefighting team during a ceremony in Jerusalem to thank international teams for taking part in efforts to extinguish a forest fire on Mount Carmel December 7, 2010. Israeli police said the fires that consumed more than 12,000 acres (5,000 hectares) of woodlands, millions of trees and more than 100 homes, were extinguished on Monday, five days after taking hold of the Carmel ridge outside the port city of Haifa. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Baz Ratner )

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Shimon Peres (R) pose for a photo with a member from the Palestinian firefighting team during a ceremony in Jerusalem to thank international teams for taking part in efforts to extinguish a forest fire on Mount Carmel December 7, 2010. Israeli police said the fires that consumed more than 12,000 acres (5,000 hectares) of woodlands, millions of trees and more than 100 homes, were extinguished on Monday, five days after taking hold of the Carmel ridge outside the port city of Haifa. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Baz Ratner )