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Jaws, not Jews

The story about a spate of shark attacks off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh is a sensationalized story of a ludicrous Israeli plot and gives this conspiracy theory unwarranted attention.

The Independent described it as a "more bizarre theory", while Sky News' said that "Egyptian officials have plumbed new depths of pottiness with their latest Zionist conspiracy theory". Even the BBC made sure to note in the article that "Conspiracy theories are always popular in the Middle East, with unlikely suggestions often made that troubles in Arab countries could be caused by Mossad agents."

Conspiracy theories about Israel and the Jews are common in the Middle East and disseminated widely in the Arab media, from accusations that the Jews were responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks to classic anti-Semitic blood libels. No need to propagate them here also. PopularMax (talk) 23:26, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And to lighten up with a humorous take on this: Stephen Colbert's "Israel Shark Conspiracy" -PopularMax (talk) 22:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]