Israel to start building $1.4bn border fence with Jordan
Israel will begin the project in June, and it is expected to finish in about three years, according to Israeli media. The fence will extend from the southern occupied Golan Heights to Ramon International Airport north of Eilat, and its estimated cost is 5.2 billion shekels ($1.4bn), Israel Hayom newspaper said.
Israel will aim to build the fence as close as possible to the actual border with Jordan, keeping in mind security and topographical considerations, The Times of Israel said.
Israel says guns and drugs are smuggled across the border.
US tax payer will pay for it.
Is Facebook profiting from content that may violate international law?
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/3/31/meta-profits-as-ads-promote-illegal-israeli-settlements-in-west-bank
Facebook has platformed more than 100 paid advertisements promoting illegal settlements and far-right settler activity in the occupied West Bank, an Al Jazeera investigation has found, raising concerns that the social media giant is profiting from content that may violate international law.
Among the advertisements identified were also calls for the demolition of Palestinian homes, schools, and playgrounds, as well as fundraising appeals for Israeli military units operating in Gaza.
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, told Al Jazeera that any advertisements that ran on its platforms were reviewed by the company. While it admitted that some of the advertisements had since been removed for “violating our social issues, elections, and politics policies”, it did not specify whether the promotion of illegal settlements built on stolen Palestinian land breached those standards.
