Jerusalem Post: Israeli proposal for building a separation wall along frontiers with Egypt

The Israeli "Jerusalem Post" newspaper yesterday quoted the Deputy Israeli Interior Minister as saying he sent to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon few months ago a suggestion for building a separation wall along frontiers with Egypt.

He said that the Israeli suggestion envisages building the wall from Palestinian Rafah to Israeli Eilate harbour in order to combat the smuggling of drugs and arms.

The Deputy Israeli Interior Minister said the chairman of Israeli Negev region asked Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz and Yaalon to build a separation wall along Negev frontiers with Egypt (about 25 kilometers), referring to the increasing number of smuggling operations and the entry of elements across the frontiers of the region.

According to the chairman of Israeli Negev region, the Israeli army, two years ago, built an early warning system costing 300 million Israeli shekels and called "moving sands."

He said that the system includes cameras and radar systems, the paper indicated that the entry of the six Egyptian students into Israel testifies the importance of developing frontiers monitoring systems.