The completion of the physical protection of 69 private houses in Kfar Yuval was reported recently. Of the 21 communities adjacent to the conflict line in the north that already in July 2018 were designated for protection, this is the first community to undergo protection. This is part of a NIS 5 billion multi-year project to protect private homes and public institutions 9 km from the Lebanese border.
On the surface, this is good news for the residents of Kfar Yuval. However, it downplays the very troubling fact that Israeli governments do not carry out many of their decisions and that the vital project of protecting the north falters with terrible slowness.
It is impossible to explain why the government does not fulfill its obligation to provide the residents of the north with the protection they require in the face of the obvious threats from Hezbollah. It is also difficult to understand why the plan, which is carried out at a snail's pace, is not accompanied by a broad civilian plan that will provide a defensive response to all the residents of the north and the country in general who are within the firing range of the rockets that threaten them.
It is not possible to bridge the puzzling gap between Hezbollah's buildup with offensive weapons and the lack of our basic defensive response. This lapse emerges in the range of fields dealing with the protection of the civilian population – protection against severe disturbances from nature, such as earthquakes, and from enemies.
The completion of the physical protection of 69 private houses in Kfar Yuval was reported recently. Of the 21 communities adjacent to the conflict line in the north that already in July 2018 were designated for protection, this is the first community to undergo protection. This is part of a NIS 5 billion multi-year project to protect private homes and public institutions 9 km from the Lebanese border.
On the surface, this is good news for the residents of Kfar Yuval. However, it downplays the very troubling fact that Israeli governments do not carry out many of their decisions and that the vital project of protecting the north falters with terrible slowness.
It is impossible to explain why the government does not fulfill its obligation to provide the residents of the north with the protection they require in the face of the obvious threats from Hezbollah. It is also difficult to understand why the plan, which is carried out at a snail's pace, is not accompanied by a broad civilian plan that will provide a defensive response to all the residents of the north and the country in general who are within the firing range of the rockets that threaten them.
It is not possible to bridge the puzzling gap between Hezbollah's buildup with offensive weapons and the lack of our basic defensive response. This lapse emerges in the range of fields dealing with the protection of the civilian population – protection against severe disturbances from nature, such as earthquakes, and from enemies.