If I'm not mistaken (and someone please correct me if i am) but I seem to remember reading many stories featuring the develoment of Iron Dome in which Arutz Sheva themselves seemed rather unimpressed at best and quite dismissive at worst (the massive cost etc) with this system. maybe that also needs to be acknowledged!

Gives him the recognition and thanks he so richly deserves

Unfortunately you are clueless and won't admit that the israeli scientists and inventers are alot smarter than you poor slobs(muslims)your poor handmade rockets are useless and iron dome ignores them cause they regularely fall on empty fields,iron dome only intercepts the iranian missiles that were smuggled in and they don't seem to be going anywhere.God forbid one gets through and there are many live lost in tel aviv gaza will be flattened the next day.

Meretz and Labour however (with exceptions as Peretz) are Ashkenazi strongholds. Mizrahim and Sephardim are more center-right.

The man was not a visitonry during the fiasco in Lebanon he was part of creating rockets were a problem and people in the line of fire were not happy. We had Arrow for ballistic missile so Peretz told Rafael to invent an Arrow for short range rockets and his motive was trying to rapir his damaged image not defend the country. The only ones who deserve any gratitude are the engineers at Rafael and the American Congress that authorized funning for the first two batteries.

He and others caused the problem in the first place.

Your comments, as ever prove how you "people" enjoy extracting the blood of others! What you fail to realise is that this system is not 100% effective and because you idiots launch your rockets at our land and our people, you allow us to perfect what is already a most ingenious system that will in time take out 100% of your murderous indiscriminate weapons. And, we will make money out of the misery your people have created, another reason, with the many you already have to hate us:)

this morning the iron dome intercepted the first 12 rockets, one after the other, aimed at Beersheba - and then some more ! May we continue in this fashion and not go for a cease fire at this time as Hamas is not ready to settle down - and I suspect will never do so.

In 2006 nobody had a good word to say about Peretz, we all joked about the famous picture with the binoculars but now its like all is forgiven and forgotten and today we now remember him as a great man and a visionary. Iron Dome came after the war not before when the people in the north were demanding a solution. The mans motives were political not to secure the country so I just don't understand why now everybody sees him as one of the greats.

A QUESTION TO ASK ERDOGAN. "WHAT WOULD HE DO IF MISSILES WOULD BE FALLING I ON TURKEY?" NO MATTER THE SOURCE. WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS ALSO GOOD FOR THE GANDER. IS DEFENCE AND DETERRENT THE SAME AS ETHNIC CLEANSING? HAMAS HAS A CHOICE STOP THE MISSILES AND THEY WILL NOT BE ATTACKED

Hear hear

I can't believe this crap article has been up her so long ynet. Get REAL. Thank the God of Israel for your safety thus far. Not this nabob!!!

thank you Mr. peretZ, I was wrong, hashem bless you.