Iron Dome proves it doesn't work

Rafael will of course use the exact same statistics to argue that it does.

The last numbers I've seen is that the highly touted Rafael anti-missile defense system has shot down 130 incoming missiles, while 450 have landed.

With a handful of possible exceptions, everything incoming has been homemade handiwork of the Gaza bricoleurs. In a serious war those would not even be considered serious weapons, and Iron Dome is stopping less than one third?

This is all fun and games as long as the Americans are paying for it, but expect a serious push very soon for a massive increase in funding to Rafael. The argument will be that there just aren't enough anti-missile missiles.

Sooner or later Obama will tire of paying for them.

Then Israel will be forced to choose between bankrupting the budget for a defense strategy that doesn't work but enriches a certain segment of the population on the one hand, and making peace on the other.