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To: SilentZ who wrote (246818)	8/21/2005 2:49:31 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1584437

Come on Z, we're talking 30-40 kilometers. If Israel can build a wall the entire length of its border with the WB which has to be at least 200-300 km, then they can build a wall on either side of a 30 km. highway. It would require the Palestinians to gas up just before crossing the border either in Gaza or the WB. Good point. I wonder what a road like that would cost? It would have to be a freeway.... in the US a freeway through a rural area costs roughly $8 million per mile......similar to the desert in Israel.....so the cost would probably be around $250 million including the wall [labor would be cheaper]. Of course, the Palestinians would have to pay for it. Have you seen how small Gaza has become......its about half the size of NY state? It would be hard pressed to survive on its own even with a deep water port. It's actually a hell of a lot smaller than that... Israel is the size of Jersey, and the Gaza Strip is a lot smaller than that. However, aren't some of the Arab states (like Kuwait) small? Yes, but they have oil to sustain them. Gaza is dirt poor. Well we've solved that ME problem......now we can move on. <g> ted