Israeli 'skunk' fouls West Bank protests

By: Noah Browning, Reuters, September 3, 2012 "Skunk", a foul, but non-lethal liquid, is a tool in Israel's arsenal of weapons for crowd control. While the army calls skunk an attempt to minimize casualties, rights groups dismiss it as a fig-leaf for the use of deadlier force against protesters in the occupied West Bank. For although recent years have been among the quietest of the 45-year-old occupation, Israel has been unable to stop an epidemic of local grassroots demonstrations that often turn into clashes.

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