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| Israel begins construction of new Gaza border barrier |
| 2019-02-03 |
| Walls don't work and are immoral, according to Nancy Palsi [France24] Israel said Sunday that work to strengthen its border with the Gaza Strip had entered a new phase, with construction starting on a massive new barrier along the frontier. "Over the weekend we began building the above-ground barrier along the Gaza border," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists before the weekly cabinet meeting. The barrier, set to stand six metres (20 feet) off the ground, "will prevent terrorists from Gaza from penetrating into our territory on the ground", he said in Hebrew. Netanyahu gave no further details but a defence ministry statement said that work on the structure began Thursday. It is set to follow the 65-kilometre (40-mile) course of an underground barrier also under construction meant to neutralise the threat of cross-border tunnels built by Gaza militants. At its western end, the statement said, the above-ground barrier would join a fortified sea wall jutting into the Mediterranean, aimed at blocking Palestinian attacks by water. "It's massive and especially strong," the ministry said in an accompanying video clip. In the last Gaza war in 2014, Israeli forces killed four Hamas militants who had managed to cross into Israel by water. Some Israeli commentators have said that Netanyahu would be unwilling to see a new uptick in hostilities with Gaza's Hamas rulers in the runup to general elections set for April 9. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #8 As a friend commented, civil engineers build targets for combat engineers. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-02-03 17:30 |
| #7 Yep, although due to grandfathering, Architects are legally allowed to design high-rises, schools, hospitals which Civils aren't allowed to design, just licensed Structural Engineers. They'd be fools to do so, but legally they're allowed in CA |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-02-03 16:15 |
| #6 plant modern California style strawberry fields on the border. The kind that sterilize the fields with mustard gas under plastic sheeting. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2019-02-03 15:49 |
| #5 *AHEM* An intelligent architect would select a really good civil engineer to ensure the drawings accomplish the desired goals, and then to execute the plan, no? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-02-03 15:38 |
| #4 *AHEM* That would actually be Civil Engineering. Architects draw the pictures |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-02-03 14:51 |
| #3 Israel has several concrete making plants near the border Given that PM Netanyahu studied architecture at the undergrad and graduate levels at MIT, plus management, it is no surprise the construction effort is well chosen, well organized, and as reasonably priced as such a thing can be. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-02-03 14:28 |
| #2 Bibi should give Trump some tips on how to deal with Pelosi. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-02-03 14:10 |
| #1 Israel has several concrete making plants near the border and, if necessary can pump enough for about 100 meters of wall per day. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-02-03 12:17 |