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PM: Construction on Egypt border fence within 2 weeks

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that construction on a barrier on the Egypt border will begin construction within the next two weeks. Netanyahu was speaking in the Negev at a ceremony commemorating the 37th anniversary of the death of Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion.
The government has long been planning a barrier on its southern border to keep out illegal immigrants infiltrating Israel from Africa.