Israeli firm that built Gaza border fence interested in Trump's wall proposal

The Israeli security firm that built the fence surrounding the Gaza Strip "would definitely want" to be involved in US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's proposed barrier along the Mexican border, Bloomberg News quoted its CEO as saying on Monday.

Magal Security Systems Ltd. has pioneered its "smart fence" technology, which uses video, ground sensors, motion detectors, and satellite monitoring.

“We would join forces with a major US defense company that has experience with such projects worldwide,” Koursh said about Trump's wall proposal. “We’ve done it in the past and we would definitely want to do it.”...

CEO Saar Koursh told Bloomberg that the company is currently in the running for a contract to build a wall on the border between Kenya and Somalia...

Koursh said in an interview last month in Kenya that his company's experience gives it an edge. “We put a smart fence around the entire Gaza Strip,” he said. “Anybody can give you a very nice Powerpoint, but few can show you such a complex project as Gaza that is constantly battle-tested.”

CAIRCO Research

Border security and porous United States - Mexico border fence

How Come We Can Have 40,000 miles Of Interstate, But Not 2,000 Miles Of Border Fence? by Ed Rubenstein, October, 2004.

A 1,951-mile full-length border fence would cost only:

• 3.2 percent of the $104 billion spent on highway construction annually, or
• 0.7 percent of the defense budget for FY2004 ($452 billion), or
• 0.14 percent of the entire U.S. Federal budget for FY2004.