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European representatives launched a campaign against Israel's separation
fence, and voted against Israel at the UN general assembly, the EU is
planning a separation fence of its own. The EU plans to build a fence to
separate its new members - Poland and Hungary - from its new neighbors -
Russia, Belarus and Ukraine - to prevent the free movement of migrants
seeking to enter the EU.
Israeli companies that specialize in the
construction of warning fences and security systems will participate in
tenders to build hundreds of kilometers of fences along the EU's new
eastern border.
 Israel's Magal Security Systems is
expected to sign a cooperation agreement with a major Western company
for building fence and command and control systems in Eastern Europe.
Other Israeli companies are also interested
in the pending EU project. El-Far Electronics also plans to participate
in the tender through a large international partner.
Defense industry sources estimate the
potential business at several hundred million dollars. Based on the
experience of building Israel's separation fence, each kilometer of
fence costs $1 million to build. Bases, sophisticated transit points,
and observation and command and control systems cost $2 million per
kilometer.
Magal, the main contractor for most of
the 140-km separation fence around Samaria, also provides the IDF with
war rooms, command and control systems for the buffer area, and the
Fortis integrated command and control systems for settlements and secure
facilities.
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