Subscribe to Print Edition | Wed., February 27, 2008 Adar1 21, 5768 | | Israel Time: 05:12 (EST+7) web haaretz.com   Back to Homepage Rosner's Domain Diplomacy Defense Jewish World Opinion National Print Edition Advertising Books Arts & Leisure Business Real Estate Easy Start Travel Week's End Anglo File

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during Sunday's cabinet meeting. (Daniel Bar-On / Jini) Last update - 19:16 24/02/2008 PM: We absolutely won't fortify every building in Gaza area By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Ehud Olmert, Sderot, Gaza  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday during the weekly cabinet meeting that Israel would not undertake a fortification project to protect all Gaza-area homes from Qassam rocket attacks. Olmert stressed that Israel had "absolutely no intention of fortifying every building in the Gaza-area or in Sderot." Later in the meeting, the cabinet approved a previously proposed plan to build a 'safe room' measuring 9 square meters in each residential building within 4.5 kilometers from the Gaza border. The plan had already been approved by a special ministerial committee last week. Advertisement The Cabinet allotted a NIS 327 million budget to the fortification project. The prime minister added that by the year 2010 Israel will be in possession of a multi-layer anti-missile defense system. Olmert said the protection of Gaza-area communities will include a combination of solutions such as the Iron Dome defense system, an early-warning system, new school buildings in addition to the partial fortification of homes. Hundreds of projectiles have been launched this year at Israeli towns and villages adjacent to the Strip. Residents of the southern city of Sderot, which lies about two kilometers east of Gaza and has borne the brunt of the rocket attacks, have demonstrated in Jerusalem, and set up a protest tent in a central Tel Aviv square, to draw attention to their plight. Related articles: Iron Dome system found to be helpless against Qassams Cash-strapped gov't scales back safe-room plan No huddling in ghettos Bookmark to del.icio.us   Chicken or the egg? A UN human rights expert says Palestinian terror 'inevitable' result of occupation. A reason to kvell Jews are America's top-earning religious group, according to a new survey.   1.   Our non-prime minister 10:50  |  isaac 24/02/08   2.   How long? Oh how long? 11:17  |  isaac 24/02/08   3.   rockets? lah dee dah 11:49  |  Steve 24/02/08   4.   Look! 11:54  |  Yosemite 24/02/08   5.   Dear Prime Minister.. 12:20  |  Stephen. 24/02/08   6.   Israeli Flip Flop 13:21  |  John Doe 24/02/08   7.   so whats new in this ? hes abandoned the defense of Israel long a 13:31  |  Englton 24/02/08   8.   Some Suggestions For PM Olmert 13:49  |  Jeff Northridge 24/02/08   9.   Israel cannot afford concrete and steel ... 14:24  |  spyguy 24/02/08   10.   Place your bets, Ladies and Gentlemen 15:02  |  Gideon Reader 24/02/08   11.   Israel, no moral 15:25  |  Dav 24/02/08   12.   Letter to Olmert 15:42  |  rk 24/02/08   13.   We absolutly.................... 15:58  |  Shmuel I Popack 24/02/08   14.   SHMUCK! EVACUATE SDEROT FOR SAME REASON YOU EVACUATED GUSH QATIF! 16:40  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 24/02/08   15.   Israel in retreat: The terrorists have won 17:07  |  Ben 24/02/08   16.   won`t fortify 17:10  |  ljf-canada 24/02/08   17.   Olmert must be brain dead, because only an idiot would say that! 17:23  |  Gary A., MD 24/02/08   18.   The rockets on Israeli territory cannot be tolerated. 17:25  |  Jean Van Daem 24/02/08   19.   What the hell is wrong with you Israelis? 17:31  |  Ben 24/02/08   20.   MAYBE OLMERT SHOULD GO AND LIVE THERE FOR 18:24  |  Robert 24/02/08   21.   Pretty girl. Lousy boyfriends. 18:53  |  Gideon Reader 24/02/08   22.   olmert won`t defend sderot 19:27  |  marcel 24/02/08   23.   2010 is too late, booby. nuke gaza now. 19:36  |  frenz 24/02/08   24.   The future of Sderot is bleak 19:47  |  Tosefta 24/02/08   25.   Dav - what do you have to say about 21:08  |  ChanahS 24/02/08   26.   If I was in Sderot I would be feeling better allready 22:05  |  zionist forever 24/02/08   27.   PM Statement Flies In The Face of Money for A New Arab Town 04:55  |  Joseph E . post 1 25/02/08   28.   Is this the Jewish State of which its founders dreamed 04:56  |  Joseph E . post 2 25/02/08   29.   #27 Joseph E hasn`t been reading his Haaretz 05:03  |  Johnboy 27/02/08

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