Development and
deployment of chemical weapons by Israel, 1974-2004
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Ibrahim,
age 14: “I get these conditions: My
whole body will start shivering and shaking. They ask me, ‘What’s
the matter?’ But I don’t know – my whole body is shaking and
I can’t stop it. They would give me sedatives and they would fan me because
my chest was constricted – and even now I feel a swelling in my chest because
of breathing the gas.” -- Gas Attacks in Khan Younis, February
2001: Interviews with victims and medical personnel by James Longley, producer
of Gaza
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Allegations
that Israeli forces have used chemical and biological weapons date back to the
War of 1948. In March 2003, the highly-respected BBC television network presented
Israel’s Secret Weapon, an investigation of Israel's development
of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The BBC reported: “The Israeli
army has used new unidentified weapons. In February 2001 a new gas was used in
Gaza. A hundred and eighty patients were admitted to hospitals with severe convulsions….Israel
is outside chemical and biological weapons treaties and still refuses to say what
the new gas was.” (1) |
Contents: |
| Background:
1974-2000 |
| Poison
Gas: February-March 2001 |
| Poison
Gas: October 2003 |
| Poison
Gas: June 2004 |
| Other
Reports: May-June 2004 |
| What
Kind of Gas? |
This
report explores the reported development and deployment of chemical weapons by
the government of Israel since 1974, paying particular attention to incidents
since 2001 in which unidentified poison gas(es) and other chemicals were used
against civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories. The documentation includes
photos, videos, interviews, and reports by human rights organizations, the world
press and independent researchers. We invite you to explore the evidence.
Please address
comments or questions to jamiedb@attglobal.net |
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