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Här kan man läsa polischefen i södra Israel, Yohanan Danino, förklara varför det behövs ett stängsel längs gränsen till Egypten.
Stänglset kan hjälpa till att förhindra smuggling av vapen, narkotika, terrorister och prostituerade.
Police: Barrier along Sinai border vital
"The Southern Police District shares 255 km. of border with Egypt, in addition to the 85 km. of the eastern border with Jordan, and has formed an elite unit called Magen ("shield') to disrupt the predominantly Beduin-run smuggling networks responsible for bringing in terrorists, prostitutes, illegal foreign workers and drugs.
"We are very supportive of any type of fence," Danino told The Jerusalem Post. "The more sophisticated it is, the better. You never know who might try to come across the border. Some of the networks overlap. Some of the smugglers who traffic people also smuggle in terrorists.
"This fence is vital on many levels for the police. It will be aimed at those who bring in arms to the country and drugs," he said
"The Negev also acts as an intercontinental transfer point for illegal trafficking via Jordan and Egypt. The minute the western border [with Egypt] is hermetically sealed, Israel ceases to be an international transfer point," Danino said. "

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