Grab some popcorn, because this is going to be good.
Earlier this year, The Jerusalem Post published a story revealing that the iPhone 17 includes a chip developed in Israel. The chip is called the CX1, in case you were wondering, and it was developed at Apple's R&D center in Haifa.
After the article was published, panic broke out in several Muslim countries. Some people immediately remembered the pager incident and started wondering if the same thing could happen to them. Social media quickly filled with people asking whether their phones could suddenly explode on orders from Jerusalem.
So, for my Muslim followers, let me reassure you: you can relax. It won't explode... as long as you don't say anything against Israel. This has been thoroughly tested.
Many people began spreading conspiracy theories claiming that Israel actually developed the entire phone and that it was simply waiting for a command from Jerusalem to eliminate them. Once again, relax. It only happens if you say bad things about Israel.
One guy from Istanbul threw his phone into a river while screaming, "Spy!" Then he grabbed his wife's Samsung Galaxy and posted about it online.
So, for the benefit of my Muslim followers, let me point out that Samsung Galaxy phones use Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform. Qualcomm operates several R&D centers in Israel and has acquired Israeli startups whose technologies are integrated into Snapdragon.
Snapdragon is also found in Xiaomi, OnePlus, Sony, ASUS, and many other devices. Oh... and Qualcomm also relies on Israeli patents for technologies used in the Snapdragon platform.
So... good luck with that.
In short, the idiot from Istanbul was complaining about Israeli technology while holding even more Israeli technology in his hand.
In Cairo, protesters went even further. They organized a mass iPhone burning. After the bonfire was over, they went home and posted about it in their WhatsApp groups.
WhatsApp, in case anyone forgot, belongs to Meta, which operates a massive R&D center in Israel. Its founder, Jan Koum, also donated an enormous sum to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva years ago—the largest donation the hospital had ever received, as far as I know.
So, in short, Israel got to watch people burn its technology... through its own technology.
Someone went even further and claimed that the iPhone chip also transmits your location directly to Israel, allowing Israel to know exactly where everyone is.
Somebody should tell him that you don't need a special chip for that. There are plenty of other ways. Incidentally, quite a few of those technologies were also developed in Israel.
As a result, many people started wrapping their phones in aluminum foil. You couldn't make this stuff up. If it worked so well against 5G, it must surely work against the Mossad too.
Some even tried opening their phones to remove that specific chip.
Important warning: don't do it. You might accidentally activate the phone's built-in bomb... which, naturally, was developed by the Mossad.
Others started leaving their phones at home before going out to protest. But one social media user proudly photographed his aluminum foil-wrapped phone using his laptop, powered by Intel processors developed in Israel and, quite possibly, manufactured in Kiryat Gat.
Later, some users announced that they were switching to Chinese Xiaomi phones. As I already mentioned, Xiaomi devices also rely on technologies connected to Israeli innovation. The same goes for many of the other devices they proudly recommended as alternatives.
I won't bore you with the full list - but it's a long one. And the people replying to them couldn't stop laughing at the irony because, quite simply, it doesn't solve anything.
But the story doesn't end there.
Entrepreneurs quickly spotted an opportunity and began marketing phones supposedly "free of Israeli technology." Their chosen device? The legendary Nokia 3310.
There's just one problem: even the Nokia 3310's chips rely, at least in part, on technologies developed by Israeli engineers.
And there's a second problem. As Hamas terrorists could probably tell you, the IDF learned how to listen in on those a long time ago.
In short, being stupid is expensive. And even after spending all that money, nothing is actually solved. You can buy a different phone, but you'll still be just as stupid.
And once again, to all my Muslim followers: you have nothing to worry about. As long as you don't say anything against Israel, your phones won't explode.
Everything will be just fine.
Post by Senia Waldberg
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