Israel starts building new barrier along Jordan border

Israel has confirmed the launch of work on a new border wall with Jordan, extending its expanding militarisation of surrounding areas and of the occupied West Bank. 

In the first stage, Israeli authorities will construct two separate stretches, each around 80 kilometres long, along the north-eastern section of the Israel-Jordan frontier, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

Officials estimate the project will cost about more than $1.7 billion and form part of what it claims is a wider “multi-layered” security structure expected to run roughly 500 kilometres, from the southern occupied Golan Heights down to north of Eilat, further entrenching Israel’s securitised and colonial expansion across the region.