<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[THE WORLD’S LARGEST OPEN AIR GAS&nbsp;CHAMBER]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p class="byline"> PS.HADNEWS.COM | Posted  			by desertpeace			on Monday, 			January 3, 			2011 			at 10:00 am. </p>
<div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">We have  often stated that the Gaza Strip is the world’s largest open air  concentration camp.  Recent developments in the West  Bank have turned  that besieged area into the largest open air gas chamber. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Apologists  for zionism are constantly arguing  against our comparisons of what is  going on in Palestine today with the  holocaust of Eastern Europe. Their  biggest comeback is ‘where are the gas  chambers? Perhaps if they read  the </span><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/protester-death-shows-idf-may-be-using-most-dangerous-type-of-tear-gas-1.334858" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">following report</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;"> their  tune will change …. needless to say, all made possible by </span><a href="http://972mag.com/demonstrators-return-tear-gas-canisters-to-us-ambassador-home/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">gifts from the United States Government</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">….</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><em>An Israeli security official said Sunday  that “many Western countries use this type of gas.”</em> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">and that makes it alright?</span></p>
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<h1><span style="color:#808000;font-family:Verdana;font-size:large;">Protester death shows IDF may be using most dangerous type of tear  gas</span></h1>
<h2><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Jawaher Abu  Rahmah died Saturday as a result of  tear gas shot by IDF soldiers  during demonstrations against the separation fence  on Friday.</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Questions are  surfacing about Israel’s use of  tear-gas grenades, as security  officials investigate the recent death of a  protester at the weekly  demonstration near the separation fence at the West Bank  village of  Bil’in. A 36-year-old woman, Jawaher Abu Rahmah, died on Saturday   morning. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">The medical  report filed in the Ramallah hospital  where Abu Rahmah was taken shows  that her death was caused by respiratory  failure resulting from the  inhalation of tear gas. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Haaretz obtained the medical report on Sunday from  Jawaher’s brother, Ahmed Abu Rahmah. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Jawaher Abu  Rahmah was the sister of Bassem Abu  Rahmah, who was killed in April  2009 when Israeli soldiers fired a tear-gas  grenade at his chest at a  demonstration at the fence in Bil’in. Ahmed Abu Rahmah  has three  surviving brothers; their father died five years ago. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">“My entire  family is ruined,” he said on Sunday.  “The whole house feels a sense of  catastrophe.” He said he bears no hatred  toward Israelis. “They are  people just like myself. We don’t seek vengeance  against Israel. We  want the return of our lands, and the struggle won’t end  until our  property is restored.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">The Israel  Defense Forces uses crowd-dispersal tear  gas known as CS, which was  developed half a century ago in Britain and the  United States. It is  used by armies and police forces around the world. In  recent years, a  number of studies have cast doubts about this type of gas; there  have  been reports of several deaths caused by the inhalation CS tear gas. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">“One of the  main factors influencing the extent of  damage caused by CS gas is the  amount of particles in the air,” said Daniel  Argo, an Israeli doctor  who regularly takes part in the demonstrations against  the separation  fence. He also trains activists to tend to injuries caused by  police  and soldiers using crowd-dispersal techniques. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Eye and lung injuries from gas </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Argo says recent eye and lung injuries, as well as  skin diseases, can be associated with the use of CS tear gas. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">“There are  other types of tear gas that are not as  dangerous as CS; why the  defense establishment insists on continuing its use is  not clear,” Argo  said. “In addition, since no studies have been conducted to  identify  the long-term effects of the gas, security personnel who use it   frequently should be worrying about their own health.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">An Israeli security official said Sunday that “many  Western countries use this type of gas.” </span></p>
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<p><a href="http://ps.hadnews.com/the-world%e2%80%99s-largest-open-air-gas-chamber.htm">THE WORLD’S LARGEST OPEN AIR GAS CHAMBER at PS.HADNEWS.COM</a>.</p>
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