Home Front Defense Ministry
The Israeli Ministry of Home Front Defense Matan Vilnai was formed for by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 19, 2011. Netanyahu explained the reasons for the creation of the new Ministry:
"Today, I would also like to appoint our friend Matan Vilnai as Home Front Defense Minister. I would also like to make it clear we are talking bout did [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 U.S. for example, even though none of thesis 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 homefront defense, how much more so shoulderstand Israel, Which needs a minister to deal with the issue in a separate and focused manner. "
2007-2011 Matan Vilnai was already responsible with the home front coordination in his capacity as Deputy Defence Minister Ehud Barak.