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Ministry of Home Front Defense

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The Home Front Defence Minister of Israel or Minister for Home Front Defense is a cabinet-level portfolio in the Israeli government. The current minister is MK Matan Vilnai.[1] He is the first such minister, and was appointed to the newly-created post by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 19, 2011. At the time, Netanyahu explained his reasoning for the establishment of the new ministry:[2]

Today, I would also like to appoint our friend Matan Vilnai as Home Front Defense Minister. I would also like to make it clear that we are talking bout [sic] establishing a separate ministry – a unique experiment – that will deal with the defense of the home front. This is the case in several other countries, the US for example, even though none of these countries have been hit by 12,000 missiles like we have and there are no such threats hanging over them. They have separate ministries for home front defense, how much more so should Israel, which needs a minister to deal with the issue in a separate and focused manner.

References

  1. ^ "Matan Vilnai, MK". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  2. ^ "PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Cabinet Meeting". Prime Minister's Office. 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
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