Palestinian officials have been thinking about using biological weapons against Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post, which cited an article published in the Lebanon-based Palestinian weekly, Al-Manar. “Due to the seriously uneven balance of power in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” the article said, “the Palestinian side is required to use weapons of deterrence that will even the balance of power.”
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