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MK: "Israel" Not Ready for Chemical War
Source: Al Manar TV, 03-04-2008
"The cabinet's decision to upgrade the kits without clearly setting any deadlines is a farce that repeats all the mistakes made in the neglect of the home front during the Second Lebanon War. I can already see the committee of inquiry into the next war, and it will be far worse than Winograd," MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) said on Wednesday.
The 'Israeli' War establishment announced earlier in the day that the atomic, biological, and chemical protection kits recently collected from the public will be upgraded and redistributed.
The decision to redistribute the kits was made by the 'Israeli' War Ministry, in view of the recent ground-to-ground missile threats made evident against 'Israel' and in an attempt to boost home front readiness against a possible chemical attack emanating form Iran or Syria.
Within a few months, said the ministry, all A.B.C kits given to the public will be collected, updated and redistributed, in a manner yet to be determined.
Steinitz, who in his capacity as chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and War Committee in 2007 prepared an alarming report on the preparedness of the home front on the A.B.C. front, said it was irresponsible to take the kits out of settlers' homes.
The MK recommended that in light of the delays in the collection and redistribution of the kits, the defense establishment should provide citizens in danger zones (primarily in the North) with spare kits from 'Israel's' storage. Combat reservists should also receive kits, Steinitz said, so that they are able to report to the front lines for service already equipped with them.
"But not a single upgraded kit has been redistributed so far," he said, "despite the billions that 'Israel' has invested in purchasing and upgrading these kits, we are the least prepared we've been for such an attack in over 20 years."
'Israeli' security officials appearing before the cabinet stressed that the war establishment has no intention of causing a public panic, but nevertheless, the government must be prepared for the possibility that missiles carrying "dirty" warheads may be fired on the exposed 'Israeli' home front.
"The cabinet's decision to upgrade the kits without clearly setting any deadlines is a farce that repeats all the mistakes made in the neglect of the home front during the Second Lebanon War. I can already see the committee of inquiry into the next war, and it will be far worse than Winograd," MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) said on Wednesday.
The 'Israeli' War establishment announced earlier in the day that the atomic, biological, and chemical protection kits recently collected from the public will be upgraded and redistributed.
The decision to redistribute the kits was made by the 'Israeli' War Ministry, in view of the recent ground-to-ground missile threats made evident against 'Israel' and in an attempt to boost home front readiness against a possible chemical attack emanating form Iran or Syria.
Within a few months, said the ministry, all A.B.C kits given to the public will be collected, updated and redistributed, in a manner yet to be determined.
Steinitz, who in his capacity as chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and War Committee in 2007 prepared an alarming report on the preparedness of the home front on the A.B.C. front, said it was irresponsible to take the kits out of settlers' homes.
The MK recommended that in light of the delays in the collection and redistribution of the kits, the defense establishment should provide citizens in danger zones (primarily in the North) with spare kits from 'Israel's' storage. Combat reservists should also receive kits, Steinitz said, so that they are able to report to the front lines for service already equipped with them.
"But not a single upgraded kit has been redistributed so far," he said, "despite the billions that 'Israel' has invested in purchasing and upgrading these kits, we are the least prepared we've been for such an attack in over 20 years."
'Israeli' security officials appearing before the cabinet stressed that the war establishment has no intention of causing a public panic, but nevertheless, the government must be prepared for the possibility that missiles carrying "dirty" warheads may be fired on the exposed 'Israeli' home front.
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