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This is long overdue:

(IsraelNN.com) The government has approved the construction of a new security fence on Israel's southern border. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced the decision Sunday morning at the beginning of the regular weekly Cabinet meeting.

“We will close the route by which infiltrators and terrorists enter the country from North Africa, in order to ensure the Jewish and democratic character of the State of Israel,” Netanyahu told the ministers.

It is estimated that the project will cost 1.35 billion shekels ($365 million), with “smart” installations to detect intruders particularly in wider areas around Gaza and Eilat. Netanyahu said the allocation will be spread out over several years.

The fence, proposed by Public Security Minister Yitzchak Aharonovich, will run along the Israel-Sinai border and is intended to prevent further infiltration by illegal immigrants and “criminal elements”... source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136502