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November 13, 2011. Border zone between the Negev and Egyptian Sinai. The road at top left leads to the border a few hundred meters away. The white cubic boxes demarcate underground communication and power cables that supply the border fence. The intersecting line is a seismic test line used for oil exploration (see 7). A few kilometers south of the site, the state runs various prisons, initially for Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza, later for illegal migrants. Asylum-seekers from states in which war is ongoing, or from “enemy” states such as Sudan to which Israel cannot deport, can be detained here indefinitely.