Jon Levine@LevineJonathan · May 13, 2026

A list of animals Israel has been accused of "weaponizing" against Palestinians over the years Thread 🧵🧵

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This thread documents various conspiracy theories where Israel has been accused of weaponizing animals against Palestinians and other groups, including wild pigs, trained cattle with surveillance devices, rats, spying birds, and other creatures. The claims range from Palestinian officials to accusations from Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, and Hezbollah, highlighting absurd misinformation that has circulated over the years.

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A list of animals Israel has been accused of "weaponizing" against Palestinians over the years Thread 🧵🧵
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Several Palestinian media outlets on Saturday quoted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as accusing Israel of using “wild pigs” against Palestinians in the West Bank. Abbas’s allegation was made during a speech he delivered at a pro-Palestinian conference in Ramallah on Friday night. The charge was omitted from reports published by official PA media. jpost.com/arab-israeli-c…
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A Palestinian villager encountered Israeli cattle and fabricated a story about how Israel has been secretly training the cattle to spy on Palestinians, according to Palestinian Media Watch citing the official Palestinian Authority daily news outlet Al-Hayat Al-Jadida. "These are recruited and trained cattle, Palestinian villager Rushd Morrar reportedly told the daily. "On the neck of each cow, they hang a medallion with an eavesdropping and recording device on it and sometimes cameras, in order to monitor every detail in Khirbet Yanun large and small." jpost.com/middle-east/ar…
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Palestinian officials accused the IDF of weaponizing trained rats to invade Gaza and attack Palestinian children in a series of reports last week, marking the latest in a series of animal-related conspiracy theories directed against Israel. According to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), Jamal Obeid, a member of the Supreme Leadership Body of Fatah in Gaza, accused Israel of introducing rats into previously uninfested areas of the Gaza Strip, calling it “a visible fact.” “There are rodents in some areas of the Gaza Strip... that were not known here in the Strip,” PMW quoted him as saying, based on Facebook posts by Fatah-aligned media organizations Awdah TV and Radio Mawtini. “It seems that the Israeli occupation deliberately acted to introduce these rodents into the Gaza Strip,” he continued, adding that “this is a fact and not just media propaganda.” jpost.com/middle-east/ar…
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In 2016 Lebanon accused this vulture of spying for Israel— before eventually clearing the bird of all charges bbc.com/news/world-mid…
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In 2010 Israel was accused of being behind a string of shark attacks in Egypt bbc.com/news/world-mid…
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In 2013 Turkey accused a kestrel of spying for Israel — before ultimately clearing it of all charges reuters.com/article/oukoe-…
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In 2013 Hezbollah captured an endangered eagle — and accused it of spying for Israel foxnews.com/us/israeli-bir…
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In 2007 Iran arrested 14 squirrels accused of spying on behalf of "western powers" — (aka Israel/USA) ynetnews.com/articles/0,734…
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In 2018 Iran's ex-military chief accused Israel of using lizards to spy on the country's nuclear program israelhayom.com/2018/02/14/ex-…
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Oh and can't forget this classic stopthewall.org/2019/05/03/isr…
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And now in May 2026 — we have reached the Israeli Rape Dog Thank you @NickKristof for your contribution to this genre