| October
30, 1996: Rebels in Papua New Guinea accuse Israel of providing
government forces with “chemical bombs” dropped by helicopters, causing
skin irritation and burning.
1997:
Israeli government decides not to submit 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention to Knesset
for ratification.
September
25, 1997: Israeli Mossad agents attempt to poison Hamas leader
Khaled Meshaal with fentanyl in Amman, Jordan. Meshaal is administered an antidote
in exchange for Jordan’s release of captured Mossad agents.
1998:
CBW center in Nes Ziona (Israel Institute for Biological Research, IIBR) drops
plans to expand its facilities due to local pressure over environmental and safety
hazards associated with the complex.
August,
1998: Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot publishes exposé calling
IIBR “metropolitan Tel Aviv's most severe environmental hazard”, raises
questions regarding IIBR secrecy.
August
19, 1998: British Foreign Report: In recent years, four IIBR workers
killed and 25 injured in accidents, one of which forced evacuation of the surrounding
area.
September
23, 1998: Israelis living near IIBR file an appeal to the Israeli
Supreme Court to prevent the expansion of the institute.
October
4, 1998: Sunday Times of London: Israeli F-16’s capable
of deploying chemical and biological weapons produced at IIBR. The Times quotes
a biologist who once held a senior post in Israeli intelligence: "There is
hardly a single known or unknown form of chemical or biological weapon...which
is not manufactured at the institute [IIBR]." (1)
November
15, 1998: The
Sunday Times reports Israel (using South African research) is developing an "ethno
bomb": "In developing their "ethno-bomb", Israeli scientists
are trying to exploit medical advances by identifying distinctive a gene carried
by some Arabs, then create a genetically modified bacterium or virus... The scientists
are trying to engineer deadly micro-organisms that attack only those bearing the
distinctive genes." (2)(3)
April
2, 1999: United Kingdom partially lifts ban against Israeli nuclear
and CBW scientists.
October
29, 2000: Israeli occupation troops shoot gas canisters into schoolyard
and classrooms at T'ku, near Bethlehem. Over 24 children suffer from gas inhalation
and require hospitalization. Gas “differs from the standard tear-gas used
around the world in dispersing demonstrations.” Spokesman for the Palestinian
Health Ministry says it is “a semi-poisonous gas that leaves strong after
effects, including spasmodic reactions, nervous reactions as well as strong abdominal
pains..” (4) |
