From PM Netanyahu's Remarks Following Home Front Defense Minister Vilnai's
Review
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Sunday), 19.2.12, at the weekly
Cabinet meeting, made the following remarks after Home Front Defense
Minister Matan Vilnai's review:

"You did major work in the field and more work is yet necessary. The most
important thing is the national strength of the State of Israel. It rests
on four foundations: Active defense, passive defense, deterrence and
punishment. These are the elements that comprise our national strength and
everything is being done in these fields in order to protect the population.
Active defense is focused on existing technologies and we need to continue
developing active defense.

Passive defense is the protection of the population in open spaces,
especially the strengthening and protecting of cities in the older areas.
This is not enough; against ever developing and more precise weapons, an
active preparation is called for and, to this end, we must continue to
develop and strengthen the elements of deterrence and punishment."

At the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting
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Prime Minister Netanyahu said, "This is part of our ongoing activity in
recent years to prepare Israel for a new era that we all recognize, an era
of threats to the Israeli home front. I know that great efforts have been
made and are yet to be made."