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The Israeli company that built Israel’s border fence wit Gaza is now seeking to build Donald Trump’s planned wall between the US and Mexico.
Magal Security Systems presented its Fiber Patrol product at a conference on border security, attended by officials from the US Department of Homeland Security, Bloomberg reported.
The company, which previously built Israel’s West Bank security wall, showed US officials its fibre-optic sensor fencing, which it says is already used at airports and seaports around the world.
“We have the right product and we have the experience in Israel that helps in showcasing our product,” the company’s chief executive Saar Koursh told the news agency.
Magal Security Systems also helped build a fence along Israel’s border with Egypt and in Somalia and other countries in Africa.
President of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu previously tweeted about his support for Mr Trump’s wall on the border with Mexico.
“President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel's southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea,” he tweeted.
The President has repeatedly said he would build a "big, beautiful wall" all the way across the US-Mexico border, and force the latter country to pay for it. But Mexico has said that it will refuse to pay for any wall – the costs of which are expected to be in the tens of billions.
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The barrier between the US and Mexico already relies heavily on sensor technology and cameras that are watched by the US Border Patrol to identify anyone attempting to cross.
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