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From Haim Schwarczenberg’s Facebook page, reporting from Nabi Saleh, yesterday (thanks to Ofer Neiman):

IOF [Israeli occupying forces] spraying skunk water all over a journalist documenting the demonstration.
The IOF specifically targeted photographers and journalists. A local journalist was driven out of the main road by the soldiers, only to be deliberately soaked with skunk water.
I was also taking photographs, positioned at a distance from demonstrators and waving my cameras at the soldiers (signaling I am a photographer) when they deliberately targeted me with skunk water

Copyright: Haim Schwarczenberg.

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RE: “IOF [Israeli occupying forces] spraying skunk water all over a journalist documenting the demonstration. The IOF specifically targeted photographers and journalists.” ~ Schwarczenberg (from Phil’s excerpt)

MY SNARK: Another wonderful Israeli creation. A light blight unto the nations! Coming soon to a community near you, courtesy of the “Start-Up Nation”.

FROM WIKIPEDIA [Skunk (weapon)]:

“Skunk” is a malodorant, non-lethal weapon used for crowd control by the Israeli Defense Forces. Deriving its name from the animal of the same name, “Skunk” is dispersed as a form of mist, fired from a water cannon, which leaves a terrible odor of rot or sewage on whatever it touches. It does not wash off easily and is said to linger on clothes for up to five years.[1] First attempts at developing a scent-based form of crowd control began in Israel in 2004; Skunk was first used for crowd control in September 2008.
According to David Ben Harosh, head of technological development for the Israeli police, the recipe is based entirely on natural organic ingredients, including yeast and baking powder, does not include any harmful materials, and may even be ingested without causing harm. The inventors plan to market Skunk to other forces worldwide. The development of Skunk followed numerous accusations against Israeli forces that they often employ disproportionate force in clashes with Palestinian protestors (e.g. using rubber bullets or tear gas), which has led them to seek new, non-lethal but effective methods of crowd control.

● References
1.^ “Israel cops try common scents crowd control”, Haaretz, 18/9/2004

● External links
• “Israel cops try common scents crowd control” – Daily News (New York) article by BY Matthew Kalman, September 7, 2008
• “New Israeli weapon kicks up stink” – BBC article by Wyre Davies, 2 October 2008.
• “Israel Unleashes First ‘Skunk Bomb'” – Wired article by David Hambling, September 21, 2008

SOURCE – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_(weapon)

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His message and cause would have been less subject to bad PR images? Instead of viscious dogs, guns, batons, there would’ve been funny images of uppity reporters and “those people” getting skunked, with appropriate gag lines?

An Israeli private corporate management team worked together with an Israeli police unit to create skunk. The hasbara agents are very appreciative, and looks like big profit ahead, selling skunk to police departments around the world.

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Hamas should get hold of some and Qassam it instead of explosives. They could even recruit ‘suicide’ stinkers who needn’t kill anyone and might even return alive. I wonder if it’s possible to develop a ‘white scent’, similar to white noise, that would cancel malodorous IOF effusions.

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