GreatWall of Israel Work begins on the 215-mile blockade Sharon hopes will shut out the West Bank bombers

From: Daily Mail | Date: June 17, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

ISRAEL began work yesterday on a 215-mile wall along the border with the West Bank which it hopes will keep out the suicide bombers.

Bulldozers began work on a 70-mile section from the northern village of Salem to a point north-east of Tel Aviv.

The wall will roughly follow the Green Line marking Israel's old border before its seizure of the West Bank in 1967.

Salem is close to Jenin, the town from which dozens of Palestinian suicide bombers have set out to attack Israeli targets in the past 18 months.

Another 30-mile section will be erected in the hills around Jerusalem, a major magnet ...

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