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The Wall With a Door: Israel's Deliberate Border Gaps
Israel spent billions on a massive security barrier, then deliberately left gaps in it for Palestinian workers to cross each morning. This episode unpacks that paradox — the policy of "security theater with economic escape hatches" that held for decades until October 7th, when the border slammed shut overnight. We trace the fallout: 150,000 to 200,000 workers vanished from the Israeli economy, construction sites went silent, harvests rotted, and the government scrambled to recruit replacements from India, Sri Lanka, and Kenya. Through the stories of Thai farmworkers killed on October 7th and…
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