# Israel is developing a weapon targeting Arabs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 2, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146 "2006-09-02T01:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/1 "2006-09-02T01:33:06Z")
According to [Wired News](http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,16272,00.html) > [@](#): > > Israel is reportedly developing a biological weapon that would harm Arabs while leaving Jews unaffected, according to a report in London’s Sunday Times. The report, citing Israeli military and western intelligence sources, says that scientists are trying to identify distinctive genes carried by Arabs to create a genetically modified bacterium or virus. And what do we call this class? Genocide. Yes, that’s right Israel is going to try to commit genocide. This disgusts me. ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/2 "2006-09-02T01:41:36Z")
Your cite is from 1998. Do you have an current news report or has this been bothering you for eight years? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/3 "2006-09-02T01:46:54Z")
Do you actually believe this is true, you fucking retard? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/4 "2006-09-02T01:47:29Z")
[QUOTE=Papermache Prince] Your cite is from 1998. Do you have an current news report or has this been bothering you for eight years? [/QUOTE] He actually tried to post this eight years ago. Either he has a really slow dial up connection or the hamsters ate his post and just now got around to crapping it out. We should get the hamsters more fiber as a just in case. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/5 "2006-09-02T01:48:52Z")
Because there is such a\*\* great\*\* genetic difference between Semetic peoples. Or Jews and Aleuts for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/6 "2006-09-02T01:51:06Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] Do you actually believe this is true, you fucking retard? [/QUOTE] I think it’s funny how in the pit people typically like to make long drawn out murderous analogies when talking about how badly they hate someone, but it still doesn’t match the simple nastiness of that quote. Burn! ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/7 "2006-09-02T01:51:45Z")
It’s more the idea that someone would even think of developing a weapon like this. I didn’t notice the date of the article till I posted ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/8 "2006-09-02T01:53:22Z")
Not only that but I think they’re using the blood of Palestinian children to make it! ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/9 "2006-09-02T01:55:37Z")
[QUOTE=mstay] Not only that but I think they’re using the blood of Palestinian children to make it! [/QUOTE] I don’t care who does it or even thinks of doing it. It’s an evil thing to do. If the article had been about the United States, Canada, or any other nation I would have started a pit thread about them. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/10 "2006-09-02T02:05:41Z")
It would only be “an evil thing to do” if it were physically–scientifically–possible. Which it isn’t. And if it weren’t simply “Secret International Jewish Conspiracy” Internet conspiracy theory fodder. Which it is. You could have saved your Pit Pitting Pixels for some more worthy subject. 😉 > [@](#): > > Not only that but I think they’re using the blood of Palestinian children to make it! Well, **I** get it. 😃 [snicker] ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/11 "2006-09-02T02:06:10Z")
[QUOTE=mstay] Not only that but I think they’re using the blood of Palestinian children to make it! [/QUOTE] But are they _Christian_ Palestinian children? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/12 "2006-09-02T02:07:19Z")
[QUOTE=Xan] It’s an evil thing to do. [/QUOTE] Also, impossible. Do you often get this worked up thinking about impossible evils? Do you ose a lot of sleep over the Unicorn Genocide of 1476? Have you donated to the Pixie Relief fund? Many Pixies have been deplaced due to ethnic unrest in Never-Never Land. It’s all terribly tragic and nonexistant. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/13 "2006-09-02T02:09:35Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Also, impossible. Do you often get this worked up thinking about impossible evils? Do you ose a lot of sleep over the Unicorn Genocide of 1476? Have you donated to the Pixie Relief fund? Many Pixies have been deplaced due to ethnic unrest in Never-Never Land. It’s all terribly tragic and nonexistant. [/QUOTE] Fine, it’s impossible to do. But isn’t anyone concerned that someone was even thinking of doing it? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/14 "2006-09-02T02:11:20Z")
[QUOTE=Xan] Fine, it’s impossible to do. But isn’t anyone concerned that someone was even thinking of doing it? [/QUOTE] No. Unlike you, none of us are particularly concerned about genocide. We think it’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/15 "2006-09-02T02:13:46Z")
Didn’t Hitler muse about this kind of weapon in his [diaries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries)? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/16 "2006-09-02T02:17:55Z")
[QUOTE=Xan] Fine, it’s impossible to do. But isn’t anyone concerned that someone was even thinking of doing it? [/QUOTE] I’m thinking about boning Allison Hannigan right now. Does that make everyone “concerned?” (Not you, honey. Really. It was just a mental exercise. Ow! Stop hitting!) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/17 "2006-09-02T02:19:20Z")
[QUOTE=Xan] Fine, it’s impossible to do. But isn’t anyone concerned that someone was even thinking of doing it? [/QUOTE] Compared to Stephen King’s thought processes as he cranks out his weekly book, this is ridiculously tame. What are you, some kinda hothouse orchid? Loosen your corset already, before you swoon. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/18 "2006-09-02T02:27:38Z")
[QUOTE=Xan] Fine, it’s impossible to do. But isn’t anyone concerned that someone was even thinking of doing it? [/QUOTE] For God’'s sake… _come on_… you’ve been a SDMB member since 2001. If you hear that someone is developing some insanely improbable weapon you really should ask if it’s for real before pitting it. Semitic Arabs are Semitic Jews are so close genetically it’s like saying that the South Koreans will develop a genetic weapon that only effects the North Koreans. [Debunking the "ethno-bomb](http://www.salon.com/news/1998/12/02news.html)" [More here](http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/003371.php) ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/19 "2006-09-02T02:34:37Z")
[QUOTE=Xan] Fine, it’s impossible to do. But isn’t anyone concerned that someone was even thinking of doing it? [/QUOTE] Unfortunately, there is so much actual evil being perpetuated in this world that we can’t really afford to waste time, energy, or resources worrying about what people are only thinking about doing. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/20 "2006-09-02T02:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=astro] For God’'s sake… _come on_… you’ve been a SDMB member since 2001. If you hear that someone is developing some insanely improbable weapon you really should ask if it’s for real before pitting it. Semitic Arabs are Semitic Jews are so close genetically it’s like saying that the South Koreans will develop a genetic weapon that only effects the North Koreans. [Debunking the "ethno-bomb](http://www.salon.com/news/1998/12/02news.html)" [More here](http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/003371.php) [/QUOTE] Ok I was wrong but it still worries that any nation would even consider such a thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146.md?page=2)