Why the terror attack near Eilat happened
In the liveblog, I mentioned that the border with Egypt is open and that the security fence that is supposed to be built along that border has not been built. Here's a story about the lack of progress on building that fence. It's less than 10% complete.
Less than 10% of the security fence between Israel and Egypt has been built despite the fact that the budget was approved over 18 months ago.Notice that there's no mention of why more of the fence has not been completed. The fact that a budget was approved doesn't mean that money was actually allocated. We Israelis are familiar with that sort of thing....
Segments near Netafim and Carmit are still open, left completely unsecure and without the promised security fence. So far the IDF has been trying to manage the situation by monitoring the area with cameras and radar scans.
However this sort of hermetical cover is easily penetrable, making it possible to cross the border with ease.
In January 2010, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the estimated NIS 1 billion (approx. $28 million) construction plan to build a security fence at two sections along the Egyptian border, one near the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah and another near the southern city of Eilat.
The fence was expected to be completed by the end of 2012 and to cover some 230 kilometers (approx. 142 miles). So far a fence has only been build along 20 kilometers (approx. 12 miles), and by the end of 2011 officials expect to finish work on a total of 100 kilometers (approx. 62 miles).
However according to the Defense Ministry, so far about 45 kilometers (approx. 27 miles) have been completed out of the planned 210 kilometers (approx. 130 miles).
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Since construction plans began, there has been a 50% drop in the number of infiltrators entering Israel compared to last year.
Labels: Egyptian-Israeli border, Palestinian terrorism, security fence
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:02 PM
3 Comments:
Nope. The terror attack did not happen there or anywhere else because Israel didn't spend the $$millions required to finish the border fence. Obama turned over the apple cart in Egypt for the Arab Spring, unleashing the Egyptians' desire to kill more Jews in Israel and worldwide. That border, while cold and imperfect, has been ok for decades, until this year.
So, Carl, blame the a(*hole murderers for the murders they commit, not your IDF or border police. Now that the situation has obviously been demolished by Obama, Clinton (both), the Euros, et. al., that border fence will need to move up on the to-do list.
Israel is a tiny country with superpower threats. You have to constantly assess and shuffle priorities. What can the Israel Matzav community do to assist in responding to the southern border's new status?
Significant typo: 1 billion NIS is $280 million, not $28 million.
Israel's defenseless Defense Minister Ehud Barak deserves the blame for today's massacre. For him, appeasing the Palestinians is more important than securing the border with Egypt and saving Jewish lives. There is money to build the fence. But in Israel, the bureaucracy swings into action only after an appalling tragedy with a terrible waste of life life this one. Let's hope this wake up call caught Jerusalem's attention.
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