As uprising reaches Sinai near Gaza Strip, Knesset House Committee chairman fearful of flow of infiltrators from fenceless border
ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: YNET News
30January2011 11:16amEST
GCIS/MSS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Is the spreading anarchy in Egypt going to cause a heavy price to Israeli demographic? Knesset House Committee Chairman David Azoulay expressed his concerns on Sunday that the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak would lead to a massive flow of infiltrates into Israel.
During a committee visit to Eilat, Azoulay demanded that the government instruct the IDF to survey the entire Egyptian border.
As part of a discussion on the worrying increase in infiltrators entering Israel illegally, the meeting's participants raised the need to establish a Border Guard unit to handle the fenceless border situation. (read full report)
