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Skunk is a malodorant, non-lethal weapon used for crowd control by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and marketed to militaries and law enforcement around the world. It was developed and is manufactured by Odortec, with two supporting companies, Man and Beit-Alfa Technologies.[1] The liquid's strong odor is marketed as an improvement over other crowd control weapons (CCWs) such as rubber bullets and tear gas used by the IDF against Palestinian protestors. The IDF has been criticized for its tactics during deployment, including common use against people, businesses, and neighborhoods not involved in protests as a form of collective punishment.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ 'Crowd Control Weapons in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,' Archived 2020-06-11 at the Wayback Machine April 2014.
- ^ Yara Hawari,‘The Skunk’: Another Israeli weapon for collective punishment,' Archived 2021-11-15 at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera 12 May 2021
- ^ Yolande Knell, Who, What, Why: What is skunk water? Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine BBC News 12 September 2015 according to a B’tselem spokesman
- ^ Gideon Levy,Alex Levac 'Israeli Police Fired Skunk Water Cannon Into Palestinian Couple's Home. Weeks Later, It Still Reeks,' Archived 2021-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz 18 March 2021.
- ^ Crowley, M. (2016). Chemical Control: Regulation of Incapacitating Chemical Agent Weapons, Riot Control Agents and their Means of Delivery. Global Issues. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-1-137-46714-0. Retrieved 2021-11-15.