GAZA – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved plans yesterday to erect a barrier along part of Israel’s border with Egypt and install advanced surveillance equipment to keep out illegal migrants and militants.
“I took the decision to close Israel’s southern border to infiltrators and terrorists . . . to secure Israel’s Jewish and democratic character,” he said.
African and other migrants have come to Israel through the porous border in recent years, fleeing conflict back home or searching for a better life in the Jewish state. – (Reuters)
