Israel's short-range rocket-based missile interception system will become operational in 18 months, officials at Rafael, the national authority for the development of weapons and military technology, told Haaretz Wednesday.
A future pullout from the West Bank could be hinged on the system's deployment. On Wednesday, Haaretz reported that Defense Minister Ehud Barak is insisting on commissioning an operational Iron Dome system as a prerequisite for an Israeli pullout from the West Bank.
Barak is insisting on a dependable means of protection for Israeli settlements from the threat of Palestinian ballistic capabilities, like the Qassam rockets which Gaza militants have been firing at the northern Negev for the past five years.
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