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Mosby

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Tue Nov 22, 2016, 10:02 PM Nov 2016

Lebanon begins building 'security wall' around Palestinian refugee camp

The first blocks of an isolation wall were erected around the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon this week, as a plan to build 'security' cordons and watchtowers around Ain al-Hilweh came into effect.

The security wall forms part of an agreement between Palestinian factions and the authorities in Lebanon in attempt to contain recent confrontations between Palestinians inside the camp and the Lebanese army, Lebanese and Palestinian officials claim.

The isolation wall is set to be completed within the next 15 months, according to a report by Lebanon-based al-Modon news site.

"Four towers will be constructed," Ain al-Hilweh's Hamas official Abu Ahmad Faysal earlier this month told Lebanon's Daily Star.

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2016/11/19/lebanon-begins-building-security-wall-around-palestinian-refugee-camp

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Lebanon begins building 'security wall' around Palestinian refugee camp (Original Post) Mosby Nov 2016 OP
cue the outrage from the Israel-hating far-left... ericson00 Nov 2016 #1
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