Something perplexing is happening on Israel’s border with Egypt. The sophisticated fence that was supposed to cut off the infiltration of African economic migrants via Sinai hasn’t yet produced anything approaching the expected results. This, despite the fact that the fence is being rapidly constructed and has been completed at the most vulnerable crossing points. By now, it should have dramatically slowed down the illegal influx. But it hasn’t. The only encouraging figure is that last month only 928 infiltrators were apprehended as against a monthly average of 1,500 over the past couple of years.
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