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Africans blocked as Jerusalem acts to guard 'Jewish character' | The Australian

Africans blocked as Jerusalem acts to guard 'Jewish character' | The Australian: "ISRAEL yesterday announced plans for a new border fence, this one aimed at keeping out African migrants rather than Palestinian bombers.

Construction of the fence, to be built along the border with Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, is aimed at stemming the inflow in recent years of thousands of Sudanese and other Africans across the open frontier seeking work. Residents of southern Israeli towns such as Eilat and Arad have complained of what they term an overwhelming influx that has hurt their quality of life.

In approving construction of a fence along the more accessible stretches of the 170km-long border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu termed it 'a strategic decision to secure Israel's Jewish and democratic character'."

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