His surveys find a substantial proportion of voters believe the border wall is not a solution, but a first step.

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Egyptian troops are stationed across parts of the breached border wall, but are outnumbered and cannot stop the flow of Palestinians, many of whom have no plans to return to Gaza.

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The border security details were first reported Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal.

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They have speeded the construction of a vast concrete wall along Israel's 240-km (150-mile) border with Egypt and deployed another brigade to patrol it.

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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Syrian officer who was in charge of Yarubiyah border crossing said a man identifying himself as a leader of one faction in the Islamist rebel coalition called him on March 1 demanding he and his men surrender.

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Now its, like, a huge wall, like, with ropes and lamps and helicopters, you know, border patrols, you know, motorcycles and stuff like that.

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