The Irgun Teachers Union is striking most Tel Aviv-area high schools today… Former Labor Party Secretary-General Nissim Zvili has been appointed to be Israel\'s next Ambassador to France, although the decision must still be approved by the Cabinet… Six fires were set in forests throughout the country yesterday, burning some 6,000 dunams (1,500 acres) of forestland and open areas. They were caused by either the sharav whether or Arab arson.