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Israel considering construction of fence along Egyptian border
By Ruth Sinai and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents

Israel is considering the construction of a border fence in cooperation with Egypt to prevent the passage of terrorists, smugglers and asylum-seekers between the two countries, Prime Minister's Office Director General Ra'anan Dinur told the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers on Tuesday.

A government official said Vice Premier Haim Ramon pitched the idea of the fence to the head yeof Egyptian Intelligence Omar Suleiman in Cairo a few weeks ago. Following Ramon's visit, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was considering opening official negotiations with Egypt on the fence. Egypt has yet to respond to the proposal.

Construction of the fence unilaterally by Israel would cost between NIS 2.5 to 3 billion. Officials in Jerusalem said it was unlikely Egypt would agree to the fence's construction, and thus a unilateral move would damage the relations between the two countries.

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At a special meeting called during the Knesset recess, Dinur also told the committee Israel would take in some 500 refugees from Darfur who had infiltrated from Egypt over the past two years, and that Olmert would present a proposal to that effect to the cabinet in mid-September.

Committee Chairman Ran Cohen (Meretz) called the meeting in protest over the deportation of 48 African citizens to Egypt last week.

"It is inconceivable that a persecuted person is not allowed to submit a request for asylum. This contravenes morality and international law," Cohen told Dinur.

Dinur responded that this was not deportation, but rather enforcing the Entry to Israel Law and that not all those crossing the border were persecuted.

Dinur also told the committee that NIS 18 million would be allocated to the construction of a tent camp at Ketziot in the south for African refugees, and NIS 44 million to operate it.

Cohen welcomed the decision to take in the 500 refugees, but added that the state could take in 1,000. Dinur left open the possibility that the number would be greater than 500.

There are now a few hundred refugees in Israel who had escaped genocide in Darfur, some of whom are families with children.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees representative Miki Bavli told the committee the refugees Israel deported last week had been arrested by the Egyptians and that UN representatives in Cairo are in contact with them.

Some six human rights groups in Israel have petitioned the High Court of Justice against the deportation of the 48 refugees and the intent to deport more. The petitioners demand the refugees be given the right to apply for asylum and that every refugee be given a hearing before a deportation order is issued.
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  1.   Build the fence between Jordan and Israel the final borders 04:07  |  e.m 29/08/07
  2.   Billions and Billions and Billions of US Dollars 04:27  |  Sarah 29/08/07
  3.   Man, this is so transparent...... 05:24  |  Johnboy 29/08/07
  4.   #2, Sarah, nothing new there.... 05:46  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  5.   The problem with fences 06:00  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/07
  6.   Silvienne #4 What a laugh!! 06:08  |  Jason 29/08/07
  7.   #3, Johnboy... 06:15  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  8.   #3 - Speaking of sanctimonous bleating... 06:21  |  JES 29/08/07
  9.   More fences.... 07:37  |  Esther 29/08/07
  10.   #8 At least JES is an honest zionist 07:59  |  Johnboy 29/08/07
  11.   Johnboy, naturaly, what use would you have with a fence 08:03  |  Jake 29/08/07
  12.   Mark Lincoln never examined a map 08:07  |  Jake 29/08/07
  13.   Johnboy and Silvienne found a `proper use` of the Darfur issue 08:14  |  Jake 29/08/07
  14.   Israeli officials have no shame today... 08:24  |  Dutch 29/08/07
  15.   Anarchists and Human right activists will simply call it 08:26  |  Joseph E . 29/08/07
  16.   Israelis Should consider moving to another planet 08:27  |  Dutch 29/08/07
  17.   What? Another fence? 08:29  |  Tzfonit\ 29/08/07
  18.   Egyptian not Syrian nor Lebenese border 08:34  |  isratinian 29/08/07
  19.   FENCE ALONG MEDITERRANIAN SEA COAST 08:37  |  indrajaya 29/08/07
  20.   Haaretz 08:41  |  Edifice 29/08/07
  21.   #3 johnboy - your DIRTY little SECRET is Nauru 08:56  |  CK Tan 29/08/07
  22.   to johnboy 09:19  |  daniele 29/08/07
  23.   A nation of refugees should not be blocking others out.... 09:19  |  Dutch 29/08/07
  24.   to mark lincoln 09:22  |  daniele 29/08/07
  25.   Keep building those fences 09:31  |  Arab Man 29/08/07
  26.   7 Silvienne: On walls 09:44  |  Lee 29/08/07
  27.   re: Sarah 09:47  |  Efox 29/08/07
  28.   re: Johnboy 09:49  |  Efox 29/08/07
  29.   #11 Jake needs to look up the word "occupation" 09:50  |  Johnboy 29/08/07
  30.   3Johnboy: Man, this is so transparent...... 09:51  |  Lee 29/08/07
  31.   14 Arab Man: Not a bad idea 09:53  |  Lee 29/08/07
  32.   re: Jake 09:53  |  Efox 29/08/07
  33.   MK Cohen is right.... 10:06  |  Dutch 29/08/07
  34.   ONLY A CONFIRMATION ABOUT ISRAEL MILITARY RULE ON GAZA 10:11  |  indrajaya 29/08/07
  35.   18 Johnboy re Jake 10:11  |  Rex 29/08/07
  36.   24-Dutch 10:23  |  Roy 29/08/07
  37.   # 15 10:24  |  Axel 29/08/07
  38.   FAKE INDRAJAYA # 26 ALERT 10:29  |  indrajaya 29/08/07
  39.   #3 johnboy - your DIRTY little SECRET is Nauru 10:29  |  CK Tan 29/08/07
  40.   ONE STEP MORE TO FURTHER ISOLATE ERETZ YSRAEL 10:31  |  indrajaya 29/08/07
  41.   14- Dutch: get goingfor another planet yourself 10:41  |  Roy 29/08/07
  42.   #21 Johnboy 10:42  |  Rab Burns 29/08/07
  43.   #27 That`s A Honkin` Big Strawman there, Rex 10:51  |  Johnboy 29/08/07
  44.   Abbas wants to make a canal between Gaza and Egypt 10:55  |  Tamir Palestine 29/08/07
  45.   Esther 10:58  |  Israelit 29/08/07
  46.   Dutch 11:00  |  Double Dutch 29/08/07
  47.   Dutch make up your `mind` 11:01  |  Double Dutch 29/08/07
  48.   #22 Lee pounces upon the irrelevent 11:05  |  Johnboy 29/08/07
  49.   Johnboy 11:06  |  Sarah 29/08/07
  50.   #24, john 11:08  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/08/07
  51.   18. Dutch: that?s Pals, isnt it? 11:17  |  KUTW 29/08/07
  52.   "damage relations between the two countries" 11:21  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/08/07
  53.   #34 Yet Another Great Big Yawn at CK Tan 11:21  |  Johnboy 29/08/07
  54.   #24 johnboy 11:23  |  Zelkha 29/08/07
  55.   Boy, did they get a wrong number 11:28  |  Natallie Durson 29/08/07
  56.   To Dutch - Absorb the Sudanese in Holland 11:31  |  Moti 29/08/07
  57.   Well US taxpayers have in the end to pay for that fence 11:44  |  Petteri 29/08/07
  58.   Jake # 13 11:46  |  ChanahS 29/08/07
  59.   #37 Rab Burns knee-jerks with the best of `em 11:50  |  Johnboy 29/08/07
  60.   What? Another fence? 11:52  |  Tzfonit 29/08/07
  61.   Build the fence on the Israeli side and an Absorption Center 12:10  |  Alicia 29/08/07
  62.   Ghetto within a Ghetto within a Ghetto ...etc. 12:23  |  Sharif Hafez 29/08/07
  63.   Beggar state of Egypt dictating if Israel is to build on Israeli 12:26  |  Absolute Sweden 29/08/07
  64.   to Sharif Hafez, "Learn from Sadat!" 13:11  |  Akiva Patysh 29/08/07
  65.   sudanese 13:25  |  Rab Burns 29/08/07
  66.   #11 johnboy has never heard of the rabbit fence across oz ?? 13:26  |  victor hardman 29/08/07
  67.   AXEL #32 you SHOULD KNOW 13:28  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 29/08/07
  68.   # 44 jon feigenbaum 13:49  |  Axel 29/08/07
  69.   #25 Man, this is so irrelevent.. 13:50  |  Johnboy 29/08/07
  70.   Israel should have been founded on an island... 13:53  |  Burkhardt 29/08/07
  71.   #43 victor poses a question 13:54  |  Johnboy 29/08/07
  72.   jon feigenbaum 14:19  |  Axel 29/08/07
  73.   15&18 Dutch,about the writing on the Wall,israel is tying itself 14:25  |  lakshmi 29/08/07
  74.   #46 johnboy 14:33  |  Rab Burns 29/08/07
  75.   #46 sudanese 14:40  |  Rab Burns 29/08/07
  76.   #46 final thought 14:42  |  Rab Burns 29/08/07
  77.   #46 final thought 14:47  |  Rab Burns 29/08/07
  78.   Refuges from Egypt not Darfur 14:48  |  Peter 29/08/07
  79.   Burkhardt 14:51  |  infidel 29/08/07
  80.   Israel prison! 14:58  |  Dav 29/08/07
  81.   build a fence and cry holocaust 14:58  |  brazilian 29/08/07
  82.   #39 so wrong 15:00  |  Rab Burns 29/08/07
  83.   censor 15:06  |  Rab Burns 29/08/07
  84.   Burkhardt, islands, living with neighbours & a hare-brained Ozzie 15:08  |  BriJ 29/08/07
  85.   #49burkhardt people who live in glass houses should not throw sto 15:08  |  victor hardman 29/08/07
  86.   # 65 infidel 15:31  |  Axel 29/08/07
  87.   #71, victor hardman 15:37  |  Burkhardt 29/08/07
  88.   Dav the dimwit 15:39  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/08/07
  89.   This proves that Gaza is still occupied 15:42  |  Tim 29/08/07
  90.   #65, infidel 15:47  |  Burkhardt 29/08/07
  91.   Dutch # 18 16:01  |  Lynn 29/08/07
  92.   johnboy,if you feel that strongly about the refugees,ship them to 16:02  |  terrornator 29/08/07
  93.   # 51 + 71 We know our problems. You don`t know Yours! 16:11  |  Sharif Hafez 29/08/07
  94.   38 Johnboy `s A Honkin` Big Strawman 16:20  |  Rex 29/08/07
  95.   Fence 16:23  |  Abu Yusuf 29/08/07
  96.   hey dutch,did you hear about the thousand or so palestinian 16:26  |  terrornator 29/08/07
  97.   johnboy on the meaning of the word "occupation" # 24 16:36  |  terrornator 29/08/07
  98.   indrajaya fakes himself,just for attention,how pathetic,lmfao! 16:39  |  terrornator 29/08/07
  99.   Southern fence will protect against infiltration 16:45  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/07
  100.   #4 Silvienne to Sarah 16:50  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/07
  101.   #5 Lincoln 16:52  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/07
  102.   #18-Dutch 16:57  |  Observer 29/08/07
  103.   #18 Daffy Dutch ever onward & downward. 16:59  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/07
  104.   #42 NUTallie Durson 17:01  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/07
  105.   #21-Lee 17:05  |  Observer 29/08/07
  106.   #32 Axel 17:06  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/07
  107.   #66- Dav 17:27  |  Observer 29/08/07
  108.   brazilian 17:29  |  Akiva Patysh 29/08/07
  109.   Good! 17:44  |  Danite 29/08/07
  110.   Tzfonit 17:49  |  Danite 29/08/07
  111.   #49 Hafez 17:52  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/07
  112.   #40 johnboy - I am calling your bluff on this issue 17:53  |  CK Tan 29/08/07
  113.   Johnboy # 46 18:35  |  ChanahS 29/08/07
  114.   #23Johnboy 18:38  |  JOJO 29/08/07
  115.   Sharif Hafez # 49 18:41  |  ChanahS 29/08/07
  116.   Another Apartheid Wall 18:46  |  Fed Up 29/08/07
  117.   #75 Fed Up 19:02  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/07
  118.   to Johnboy#3 19:11  |  Ilya 29/08/07
  119.   to Johnboy#40 19:22  |  Ilya 29/08/07
  120.   muslims kill muslims - jews get a bad rap 19:40  |  natan 29/08/07
  121.   Re: billions and billions of $ 19:42  |  Sandy 29/08/07
  122.   To # 93 - The purpose of the wall along the Palestinian territory 20:06  |  Moti 29/08/07
  123.   Ben Jabo- Another Apartheid Wall 20:48  |  Fed Up 29/08/07
  124.   Fences do not bring security 20:56  |  Joe 29/08/07
  125.   #114 ab ovo, JOJO 21:00  |  hala 29/08/07
  126.   84BriJ,my condolences for your personal loss,but israel as the 21:42  |  lakshmi 29/08/07
  127.   #87burkhardt claims german is not his mother tongue 21:55  |  victor hardman 29/08/07
  128.   Israel is spending so much on walls lately... 22:45  |  Pssd Off American 29/08/07
  129.   Don`t turn Israel into a Ghetto 23:00  |  Tosefta 29/08/07
  130.   #6, Jason 23:22  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  131.   #5MARK ARGUES FOR THE ERADICATION OF 23:27  |  PAUL HARRIS 29/08/07
  132.   #19, indrajaya...award for Best Post Of The Thread! 23:28  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  133.   #26, Lee...on walls 23:33  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  134.   #35, Rex...from where? to Johnboy 23:35  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  135.   #41, Roy....from Mars 23:37  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  136.   #96, Terrornator calls Dutch a "sadistic witch" 23:41  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  137.   #127, Victor....does it matter? 23:48  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  138.   Pssd Off American 23:49  |  Silvienne 29/08/07
  139.   115 ChanahS 00:05  |  Sharif Hafez 30/08/07
  140.   Indrajaya, the MEDITERRANEAN is Israel`s only peaceful neighbor 00:05  |  Jake 30/08/07
  141.   # 122 moti 00:09  |  Axel 30/08/07
  142.   Israel considering construction of fence along Egyptian border 00:16  |  Jim Weinberg 30/08/07
  143.   Johnboy, this is too, too funny 00:19  |  Jake 30/08/07
  144.   # 142 jim weinberg 00:40  |  Axel 30/08/07
  145.   #140, Jake 00:49  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  146.   134 Silvienne from where 00:53  |  Rex 30/08/07
  147.   Tzfonit aka Bracha-Another Moronic Post? 00:58  |  GABE 1 30/08/07
  148.   135- Silvienne 01:03  |  Roy 30/08/07
  149.   Danite and Bracha aka Tzfonit talk. 01:04  |  GABE1 30/08/07
  150.   132 Silvienne: what a nonsense 01:13  |  Gael 30/08/07
  151.   Apartheid 01:17  |  Pacific 30/08/07
  152.   Silvienne #136 01:44  |  Brant 30/08/07
  153.   #123 Fed Up 01:45  |  * BEN JABO 30/08/07
  154.   #144, Brant 02:36  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  155.   Ben Jabo, see the email address in this post 03:13  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  156.   BEN JABO #146, telling lies again? Part 1 03:21  |  Elias Khoury 30/08/07
  157.   Ben Jabo, read the post below 03:22  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  158.   BEN JABO #146, telling lies again? Part 2 03:25  |  Elias Khoury 30/08/07
  159.   #152, Elias Khoury 03:55  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  160.   #146, Rex not posting town or country 04:20  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  161.   #148, Roy 04:21  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  162.   #150, Gael 04:22  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  163.   #143 Jakes finds my argument bouncing off his skull 05:09  |  Johnboy 30/08/07
  164.   Fence 05:40  |  Johnboy 30/08/07
  165.   #50 Cipora puts up a few more Straw Men 06:38  |  Johnboy 30/08/07
  166.   #131 Paul Harris 06:40  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  167.   More Fences 06:46  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  168.   #54 Yet more attacks by feather-wielders 06:51  |  Johnboy 30/08/07
  169.   HALA: Ur response for Johnboy 07:00  |  JOJO 30/08/07
  170.   #113 ChanahS is another who fails english comprehension 07:06  |  Johnboy 30/08/07
  171.   #115 ChanaS 07:15  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  172.   #112 CK Tan asks for PROOF 07:16  |  Johnboy 30/08/07
  173.   # 132, SILVIENNE 07:50  |  indrajaya 30/08/07
  174.   Most commentors here don`t even know... 08:20  |  Moises 30/08/07
  175.   # 167, SILVIENNE 08:23  |  indrajaya 30/08/07
  176.   Jonnyboy #163 - we don`t pretend 08:36  |  Moises 30/08/07
  177.   #137silvienne the subject of the post is hypocrisy by tbe berk 08:55  |  victor hardman 30/08/07
  178.   #136 SILVIENNE DUTCH IS DORIS CADIGAN 08:59  |  PAUL HARRIS 30/08/07
  179.   #174 Moises 09:06  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  180.   #165, john 09:08  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 30/08/07
  181.   #174, Moises 09:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 30/08/07
  182.   Silvienne 09:15  |  Johnboy 30/08/07
  183.   162. Silvienne 09:18  |  idiotsnotwanted 30/08/07
  184.   167. Silvienne: More Fences 09:27  |  idiotsnotwanted 30/08/07
  185.   #168 johnboy and land title its just the point 09:35  |  victor hardman 30/08/07
  186.   #174 Moises defies commonsense 09:38  |  Johnboy 30/08/07
  187.   The Ghetto 09:59  |  English Resident 30/08/07
  188.   Double standards: The Egyptian wall. 10:03  |  KUTW 30/08/07
  189.   to Silvienne, 173 10:39  |  indrajaya 30/08/07
  190.   #186 - But actually, Johnboy 13:46  |  JES 30/08/07
  191.   #190 But actually JES 14:55  |  Johnboy 30/08/07
  192.   English Resident 15:08  |  BriJ 30/08/07
  193.   Johnboy& Silvienne,greetings, silvienne, don`t bother with Brant, 15:14  |  lakshmi 30/08/07
  194.   Lakshmi; playing that card?? 15:14  |  BriJ 30/08/07
  195.   #191 fedayeen 15:20  |  Rab Burns 30/08/07
  196.   #191 - Johnboy, charming as usual... 16:08  |  JES 30/08/07
  197.   Hello Silvienne, Re feral rabbits 16:30  |  Dutch 30/08/07
  198.   #156 Elias Khoury - Jerusalem ISRAEL 16:54  |  * BEN JABO 30/08/07
  199.   #178 Paul Harris - re: Silvienne 17:20  |  * BEN JABO 30/08/07
  200.   FAO Doris the UnDutch re Zionist & Proud 17:26  |  BriJ 30/08/07
  201.   #197 Daffy Dutch 17:39  |  * BEN JABO 30/08/07
  202.   Well, Johnboy, did you notice... 22:42  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  203.   #189, Indrajaya... 22:46  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  204.   #177, Victor....you`re right... 22:48  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  205.   #178, Paul Harris....as you may know... 22:50  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  206.   #169 JOJO and "his story" 22:50  |  hala 30/08/07
  207.   #192, BriJ...yes, but even you`ve got to admit.. 22:55  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  208.   #193, Lakshmi, hello... 23:00  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  209.   Silvienne 23:01  |  Dutch 30/08/07
  210.   #197, Dutch... 23:04  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  211.   #209, Dutch, that was the FAKE Silvienne! 23:06  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  212.   #209, Dutch 23:12  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  213.   Israel fence and the IDF are being efficient 23:34  |  KUTW 30/08/07
  214.   #212, KUTW 23:58  |  Silvienne 30/08/07
  215.   #214 Silvienne - 2ND TRY Fence is doing it`s job 19:37  |  * BEN JABO 31/08/07
  216.   #215, Ben Jabo... 20:22  |  Silvienne 31/08/07
  217.   216Jew-hater rabid 22:16  |  Barbara 31/08/07
  218.   #216 Silvienne 19:03  |  * BEN JABO 02/09/07
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