When the Iranians targeted the Weizmann Institute early Sunday morning, they destroyed labs that will have to be rebuilt from scratch and set back research by many years

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    “It felt like we were in a war zone,” he recalls. “You can’t step on the floor. Everything is full of broken glass. It was unbelievable. In the vicinity of my lab, three floors had collapsed. There was no trace of the lab. It’s incomprehensible.”

    That’s a daily life for Palestinians if they get to live at all.

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      Him lab was destroyed.

      In Palestine, their work, their grocery stores, their hospitals, their schools, and their homes are all like this now.

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    Its almost like istael shouldn’t be bombing people. You can’t sling missiles then cry when the missiles are slung back.

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    Oh boo hoo, does the bully not like it when their victim punches back?

    Fuck right off with your poor me bullshit, Israel. FAFO.

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    the institute contributes to:

    • Development of complex military systems such as artificial intelligence for data analysis and combat guidance.

    • Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies and autonomous systems.

    • Advanced electronic tracking, jamming tools, and alternative GPS navigation systems.

    • Encryption for military codes and secure communication in hostile environments.

    • Research related to nuclear energy applications and battlefield medical technology.