The Home Front Defense Ministry was a ministry in the Israeli government.

The post was created for Matan Vilnai by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 19, 2011.

At the time, Netanyahu explained his reasoning for the establishment of the new ministry:[1] Today, I would also like to appoint our friend Matan Vilnai as Home Front Defense Minister.

I would also like to make it clear that we are talking bout [sic] establishing a separate ministry – a unique experiment – that will deal with the defense of the home front.

They have separate ministries for home front defense, how much more so should Israel, which needs a minister to deal with the issue in a separate and focused manner.Between 2007 and 2011 Vilnai was effectively in charge of Home Front coordination in his capacity as Deputy Minister of Defense under Ehud Barak.