Tuesday, January 10, 2023

East of Nakba (58)

 

(Japanese Version)

(Arabic Version)

January, 2023

Part II. Ethnic cleanser

 

Chapter 58 Ethnic cleanser (1)

 

Dr. Girgo devoted himself to genetic research. By manipulating the two types of genes, he explored the possibility that the new virus would affect only one side, Palestinians or Ashkenazi Jews. His research was laid on borderline between divinity and demonism. It was a delicate one, like walking on a thin wall.

 

One day, he discovered a mutation in the microscope by chance. It was exactly the virus he was looking for. He also succeeded to incubate the new virus. The first discoverer used to be given the honor of naming rights. He decided to call new virus as 'ethnic cleanser'.

 

But there were two problems for him to gain worldwide honor or financial reward by this new discovery. The first problem was that new virus was discovered by chance. It couldn’t reproduce, therefore. He followed the experimental course immediately after his discovery and tried to get the same result again and again. But in the end, he was unable to create the same virus. It was the only one virus in the world that lived in his laboratory. He had established his own cultivation method. So, he could supply the necessary amount of virus to the outside customers. He was the world's exclusive supplier of this virus.

 

The other problem was how to prove the effectiveness of new virus. Effectiveness meant that the virus affected fertility in Palestinian women only. The virus would never affect both men and non-Palestinian women with less fevers in the early stage.

 

Basically, it was forbidden to carry out unethical experiment having a negative effect on the human body. Furthermore, it was not permissible to experiment with a virus whose effectiveness was expected to differ depending on race or ethnicity. It might exterminate a race or ethnicity in the end.

 

(cont’d)

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)

 

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