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| By: israelinsider staff |
| Published: April 25, 2007 |
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According to sources in the IDF, there's "no alternative to a physical barrier" through the Judean Desert to stop terrorists from infiltrating Israel from the south, reported the Jerusalem Post Wednesday.
"Wherever there isn't a fence there are terrorist and criminal infiltrations," said a senior Central Command officer.
The security barrier, the subject of much debate, has brought protests from environmentalists and settlers. After prodding from members of Knesset, Defense Minister Amir Peretz halted construction in January due to objections that continuing would hurt wildlife and the desert ecosystem. The IDF was told to find "technological alternatives," which it was unable to suitably do.
Peretz, therefore, will soon be presented a new plan for a security barrier by Deputy OC Central Command Brig.-Gen. Kobi Barak who will be heading the construction.
Special holes are included in the design to try and ebb the disturbance the 25 km fence will cause to the surrounding wildlife, allowing them to cross, but technologically outfitted to warn if terrorists attempt to do so.
"We are doing the utmost to prevent harm to the environment," a senior Central Command officer said. "But at the end of the day, there is no alternative to a physical barrier and a fence is the only way to guarantee Israel's security." |
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