Netanyahu leaves unspoken the American strategic reorientation that Obama has engineered, away from Israel and our Sunni allies, toward our deadly and unremitting enemies in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Israel also has a separation barrier that runs through the occupied West Bank, which it began building during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, which lasted from 2000-2005.
He added that the Security Cabinet authorized on Sunday the fence’s construction and funding.
“The security wall is essential to maintaining Israel’s national security”, Netanyahu stressed.
Netanyahu’s office stressed that Israel was in contact with Jordan over the fence, which will be built exclusively on Israeli soil. It is not far from the Jordanian frontier and has been described as an alternative to the main worldwide airport in Tel Aviv.
I think that this is a very important step. Haaretz said the fence was expected to cost around half a billion dollars. Israel will construct a new fence along its border with Jordan.
There also is increasing concern about Jordan’s own ability to deter militant activities, partly because of its potential vulnerability to Daesh intrusions from Syria, to its north.
In 2013, Israel completed construction of a fence along its entire border with Egypt in order to prevent terrorist infiltration, smuggling, and African migrants from crossing into Israel from Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula.
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The Israeli regime has decided to put up a security barrier along the border areas of Jordan with the the occupied Palestinian lands.
