Cabinet Communique - Redefining meaning of full protection from attack?

IMRA..
28 October '12..






[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA:

What is the meaning of "full protection?"

Prime Minister Netanyahu: " Until today, residents of the south in the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip enjoyed protection, full protection up to 4.5 kilometers. The addition of Iron Dome batteries affords protection beyond seven kilometers – but the seam remains. In the intermediate seam, there was protection for educational institutions. Today, we will decide to complete this full protection for all residents of the south..."

"Full protection" = if you are inside your house there is an area inside the house that is reinforced so you are protected from being killed if you are inside your home?

What about if you are outside?

The people protected by Iron Dome live in areas that are hit by airborne weapons that can be intercepted by Iron Dome. But if you live within 7 kilometers Iron Dome cannot intercept the incoming strike either because the system does not have enough time or because the weapon (for example mortar) is not something that Iron Dome can intercept.

So is it really "full protection" for a citizen to be in a situation that he can still be killed if he is outside of his home (or perhaps outside the reinforced portion of his home?)

Clip and save for drawing borders: Any Israeli community within 7 kilometers of a Palestinian state will be an open target. "Full protection" would only mean safety for citizens hiding inside their reinforced rooms. So much for any workable borders for an independent Palestinian state.]


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Cabinet Communique

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday, 28 October 2012):

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks:

....Today we will also decide on completing the protection of residents of the south. Until today, residents of the south in the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip enjoyed protection, full protection up to 4.5 kilometers. The addition of Iron Dome batteries affords protection beyond seven kilometers – but the seam remains. In the intermediate seam, there was protection for educational institutions. Today, we will decide to complete this full protection for all residents of the south, for all structures, homes and residences. Of course, this will provide security for residents of the south. We are doing this because attacks by rockets and missiles at shorter distances are much greater in the area around the Gaza Strip than at other distances. I think that this is what residents of the south have been hoping for, they have been calling for it for a long time.

....I have discussed this with Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter and, of course, with his predecessor, Matan Vilnai, before the latter went to Beijing. He left me with this request as an imperative that we must implement. Defense Minister Ehud Barak also requested this of me. This decision has been preceded by extensive staff work by the various ministries, led by the Prime Minister's Office and its Director-General. This is, I think, what is necessary. I think that this is one of the most important items that the Cabinet is deciding today for residents of the south. I am certain that it will be approved unanimously." .....

4. The Cabinet unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal on full protection for all communities 4.5-7 kilometers from the Gaza Strip;

The Cabinet, today unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal on full protection for all communities 4.5-7 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, at a cost of NIS 270 million. The Cabinet also authorized the Prime Minister to decide,within 30 days, on the sources of financing without the need to submit the issue for Cabinet approval.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said: "This will provide security for residents of the south. We are doing this because attacks by rockets and missiles at shorter distances are much greater in the area around the Gaza Strip than at other distances. I think that this is what residents of the south have been hoping for, they have been calling for it for a long time."

Link: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=58766

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