Hey, everyone! It's been a stressful week I'm sure, with midterms and other not-so-fun things. So, to keep things light, here's a funny little piece of Israeli news!

Obviously, there has been an ongoing conflict between Israel and surrounding Arab nations since the establishment of Israel. This issue has escalated and stretched across various different settings, but the most recent incident is one we all can relate to: a hacker war.

The most recent attack came from an Israeli hacker by the nam...
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WOW, I am so sorry everyone for taking such a long, unexpected time off! Happy new year to all, hope everyone had a lovely end to 2011. 2012 is going to be a great one!

Israel has been experiencing a bout of protests to kick off the new year, from within the ultra-conservative sect of the population. Feeling persecuted by the more secular Israelis, Orthodox citizens in Jersulaem protested by dressing as and reenacting the treatment of prisoners of concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I find the news to be far too depressing these days. People need a break from all that bad stuff, so rather than a news post, I'm gonna do something more interesting: cool Israeli inventions!
Here are some items that we're familiar with here in the U.S. that actually were created in Israel:
- the USB drive
- theory of the black hole
- Copaxone, used to treat the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis
- super ion batteries
- laser keyboards
- solar water heate...
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