An outrageous offense to the values of the Jewish people: What Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim claimed was a simple rhetorical questioning of links between Palestinian genetics and terrorism backfired into charges of racism and calls for his resignation Tuesday. Speaking at a Herzliya memorial ceremony on the 26th anniversary of the Coastal Road Massacre – when Fatah terrorists from Lebanon hijacked a bus and which ended in the deaths of 32 Israelis – Boim pondered the recent wave of Arab terrorism. "What is it with Islam in general and the Palestinians in particular? Is it some sort of cultural deficiency? Is it a genetic defect? There is something incomprehensible in their continuing murderousness," Boim said. Boim's remarks sparked a plethora of reaction by Israeli lawmakers. Likud MK Yehiel Hazan attempted to answer Boim's "rhetorical question." "This is something in their blood. It is genetic. I never conducted any research on this, but there is no other explanation. You can't trust an Arab even after 40 years in the grave," Hazan told reporters. Beduin MK Taleb a-Sanaa of the United Arab List called for Boim's resignation. Ahmed Tibi (Hadash) said in a statement from The Hague that Jews should know better than others of the claims used against them as being inferior because of their genetic makeup